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Question: To what extent do the following conditions prevent you from doing the free time activities you would like to do? - Lack of money
Choices: "Very much" "To a large extent" "To some extent" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very much" "To a large extent" "To some extent"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea92.1%
2 Japan 78.5%
3 United States67.9%
4 Australia65.8%
5 France61.8%
6 United Kingdom60.2%
7 Germany53.0%
8 Sweden38.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.873285 X +8.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.879
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.773

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -40765.750432 X +77623.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.771356 X +79.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.424095 X +2.420
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 25.280624 X -1.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.674
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.454