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Question: How often do you use your free time to try to learn or develop skills?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Seldom" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland46.7%
2 Germany45.8%
3 Austria44.3%
4 Chile40.7%
4 United States40.7%
6 France39.6%
7 Israel37.3%
8 Mexico33.9%
9 Finland32.3%
10 Poland32.1%
11 Slovakia29.8%
12 Sweden29.6%
13 Ireland29.5%
14 New Zealand29.4%
15 Slovenia28.9%
16 Australia28.2%
16 Hungary28.2%
16 Latvia28.2%
19 Norway25.4%
20 Belgium24.8%
21 United Kingdom24.6%
22 Czech Republic24.4%
23 Japan 23.8%
24 Republic of Korea18.4%

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 = 2.221628 X +6.085
Correlation coefficient (r)0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 62832.659139 X +26214.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.401455 X +80.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.364873 X +1.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -21.668416 X +20.588
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108