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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines43.8%
2 South Africa26.2%
3 Dominican Republic22.1%
4 Argentina15.8%
5 Bulgaria14.6%
6 Mexico9.7%
7 Israel8.5%
8 Slovakia6.7%
9 Cyprus6.2%
9 Russian Federation6.2%
9 Uruguay6.2%
12 Taiwan6.1%
13 Chile5.8%
14 Republic of Korea5.4%
15 Hungary4.7%
15 Poland4.7%
17 Slovenia4.2%
18 Austria4.1%
18 Czech Republic4.1%
18 Finland 4.1%
21 United States3.8%
22 Germany3.5%
23 Croatia3.4%
24 Switzerland2.9%
25 Ireland2.8%
25 United Kingdom2.8%
27 Latvia2.5%
28 Belgium2.4%
28 Japan2.4%
30 Sweden2.0%
31 Australia1.9%
32 New Zealand1.8%
33 Norway1.7%
34 France1.3%

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 = -4.112285 X +6.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -157723.458974 X +48486.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -34.904939 X +81.296
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.890260 X +1.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -21.829208 X +15.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095