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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel12.9%
2 Slovenia8.0%
3 Italy5.3%
4 Poland5.2%
5 Portugal4.4%
6 Czech Republic4.2%
7 Spain3.7%
7 United States3.7%
9 Norway3.5%
10 Germany2.7%
10 Netherlands2.7%
12 Hungary2.4%
13 Japan 2.3%
14 Denmark2.1%
14 New Zealand2.1%
16 United Kingdom2.0%
17 Switzerland1.9%
18 Canada1.7%
18 France1.7%
20 Sweden1.6%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 18 countries.
Source
ISSP 1997

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.091720 X +6.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -183976.700633 X +54538.537
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.088470 X +81.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 8.357815 X +1.278
Correlation coefficient (r)0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -37.147132 X +13.516
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080