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Question: How often do you go out shopping in your free time?
Choices: "Daily" "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Several times a year or less often" "Never"
Data: % of "Daily" "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic57.5%
2 Poland56.1%
3 United Kingdom52.4%
4 Bulgaria35.1%
5 New Zealand32.6%
6 Latvia32.4%
7 Japan28.2%
8 Finland26.9%
9 Israel22.5%
10 Republic of Korea20.4%
11 South Africa20.2%
12 Russian Federation17.8%
13 Dominican Republic17.2%
14 Slovakia17.0%
15 Austria15.1%
16 Norway14.6%
17 Cyprus14.1%
18 Switzerland13.7%
19 Germany13.4%
20 Mexico12.8%
21 Ireland11.0%
22 Slovenia10.6%
23 Belgium10.4%
23 United States10.4%
25 Chile10.2%
26 France9.8%
27 Taiwan9.7%
28 Uruguay 9.6%
29 Hungary8.6%
30 Croatia8.5%
31 Australia8.3%
32 Philippines7.9%
33 Argentina7.6%
34 Sweden2.2%

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 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.142612 X +6.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -24142.712883 X +41727.683
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.718781 X +79.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.460779 X +1.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.016207 X +14.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005