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Question: When you are involved in free time activities to what extent do they enable you to strengthen your relationships with other people?
Choices: "Very much" "A lot" "Somewhat" "A little" "Not at all"
Data: % of "Very much" "A lot"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea74.5%
2 Slovenia70.6%
3 Latvia64.0%
4 Czech Republic63.1%
5 Chile59.2%
6 Ireland58.1%
7 Hungary56.7%
8 Switzerland55.9%
9 United States54.7%
10 New Zealand53.4%
11 Belgium52.4%
11 Norway52.4%
13 United Kingdom52.3%
14 Australia51.4%
14 Finland51.4%
16 Austria49.7%
17 Mexico49.5%
18 Germany48.9%
19 Israel48.3%
19 Slovakia48.3%
21 Poland44.9%
22 France43.4%
23 Sweden42.2%
24 Japan 31.4%

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 = -0.858473 X +7.251
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -27021.156314 X +60658.546
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.533024 X +83.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.930677 X +2.098
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 26.275333 X -0.311
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228