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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel bored?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel22.9%
2 Mexico19.3%
3 Chile16.4%
4 Poland14.6%
5 Republic of Korea11.7%
6 United Kingdom11.1%
7 United States10.7%
8 Ireland9.5%
9 Sweden9.1%
10 Australia9.0%
11 Latvia8.8%
12 New Zealand8.1%
13 Japan 8.0%
14 Slovenia7.6%
15 Austria6.4%
16 Czech Republic5.3%
16 Finland5.3%
18 Norway5.0%
19 France4.8%
20 Germany4.1%
21 Slovakia4.0%
22 Hungary3.3%
23 Belgium2.3%
24 Switzerland2.0%

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 = -2.378682 X +7.002
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -133512.932635 X +57927.857
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.558479 X +81.026
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.486682 X +1.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -40.929918 X +17.236
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186