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Question: How often do you use your free time to relax and recover?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland 75.9%
2 Switzerland68.0%
3 Poland66.6%
4 Germany65.7%
5 Dominican Republic65.4%
6 Austria64.2%
6 Norway64.2%
8 Hungary64.0%
9 Australia63.6%
10 United Kingdom63.4%
11 New Zealand63.3%
12 Latvia61.8%
13 Uruguay59.6%
14 Sweden59.4%
15 South Africa57.6%
16 Japan57.5%
17 Ireland57.2%
17 United States57.2%
19 Czech Republic56.8%
20 France55.6%
21 Slovakia53.4%
22 Republic of Korea53.1%
23 Belgium52.1%
24 Taiwan52.0%
25 Argentina51.9%
26 Croatia51.5%
27 Mexico50.7%
28 Bulgaria49.7%
29 Russian Federation46.9%
30 Chile46.4%
31 Philippines43.9%
32 Israel42.7%
33 Slovenia33.2%
34 Cyprus23.5%

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 = 2.381079 X +5.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 84610.204167 X -10083.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 5.140152 X +75.900
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.667413 X +2.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 10.026663 X +7.815
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029