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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia72.0%
2 Switzerland45.1%
3 France41.8%
4 Czech Republic40.1%
5 Austria36.3%
6 Poland35.6%
7 Chile34.8%
8 Finland34.1%
9 Germany33.9%
10 Slovenia30.8%
11 Mexico29.3%
12 Latvia28.4%
13 Norway27.6%
14 Sweden27.0%
15 New Zealand26.0%
16 Australia23.8%
17 Hungary22.4%
18 United Kingdom21.9%
19 Belgium21.0%
20 United States20.3%
21 Israel18.0%
22 Ireland16.8%
23 Japan 16.7%
24 Republic of Korea10.4%

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 14 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.221811 X +6.728
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -41322.297921 X +58579.522
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.842077 X +82.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.001293 X +1.603
Correlation coefficient (r)0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.657811 X +15.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036