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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in leisure activities?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia72.7%
2 France72.3%
3 Sweden64.7%
4 United Kingdom64.6%
5 United States64.5%
6 Republic of Korea59.6%
7 Japan 57.7%
8 Germany52.2%

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 = 2.490269 X +5.188
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 64020.602103 X +10545.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.204158 X +81.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.104183 X +0.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -18.975410 X +27.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049