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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 "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines70.4%
2 Bangladesh26.1%
3 Cyprus18.1%
4 Bulgaria15.6%
5 Israel12.9%
6 Slovenia8.0%
7 Russian Federation7.9%
8 Italy5.3%
9 Poland 5.2%
10 Portugal4.4%
11 Czech Republic4.2%
12 Spain3.7%
12 United States3.7%
14 Norway3.5%
15 Germany2.7%
15 Netherlands2.7%
17 Hungary2.4%
18 Japan2.3%
19 Denmark2.1%
19 New Zealand2.1%
21 United Kingdom2.0%
22 Switzerland1.9%
23 Canada1.7%
23 France1.7%
25 Sweden1.6%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.
Source
ISSP 1997

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.193796 X +6.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -85774.815213 X +47876.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -16.183578 X +81.010
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.468269 X +1.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -18.892941 X +13.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270