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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines61.9%
2 Dominican Republic38.9%
3 Mexico24.9%
4 South Africa24.7%
5 Bulgaria14.5%
6 Taiwan11.6%
7 Slovenia10.5%
8 Republic of Korea7.6%
9 Israel7.2%
10 Russian Federation6.8%
11 Latvia4.2%
12 Finland 4.0%
12 Portugal4.0%
14 United States3.8%
15 Czech Republic3.5%
16 Norway3.4%
17 Hungary3.3%
18 Germany3.0%
19 Switzerland2.9%
20 Belgium2.6%
21 Canada2.3%
22 Cyprus2.2%
23 Ireland1.9%
24 Denmark1.7%
24 France1.7%
26 Spain1.6%
26 Sweden1.6%
28 New Zealand1.2%
28 United Kingdom1.2%
30 Australia1.0%
31 Japan0.8%

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 207 countries.
Source
ISSP 2005

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.649850 X +6.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -109098.844925 X +50610.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -22.646685 X +81.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.893216 X +1.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -14.415275 X +14.253
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093