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Question: How often do you do handicrafts such as needle work, wood work, etc. 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" "Several times a month"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia72.0%
2 Cyprus46.6%
3 Switzerland45.1%
4 France41.8%
5 Argentina40.7%
6 Czech Republic40.1%
7 Austria36.3%
8 Poland35.6%
9 Chile34.8%
10 Bulgaria34.7%
11 Dominican Republic34.1%
11 Finland 34.1%
13 Germany33.9%
14 Slovenia30.8%
15 Mexico29.3%
16 Latvia28.4%
17 Norway27.6%
18 Sweden27.0%
19 New Zealand26.0%
19 Russian Federation26.0%
21 Philippines24.4%
22 Australia23.8%
23 Hungary22.4%
24 South Africa22.0%
25 United Kingdom21.9%
26 Croatia21.8%
27 Belgium21.0%
28 United States20.3%
29 Uruguay18.2%
30 Israel18.0%
31 Ireland16.8%
32 Japan16.7%
33 Republic of Korea10.4%
34 Taiwan7.5%

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 = 0.195641 X +6.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -23891.626126 X +44106.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.814623 X +79.316
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.196789 X +1.746
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -16.708315 X +18.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099