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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico24.9%
2 Slovenia10.5%
3 Republic of Korea7.6%
4 Israel7.2%
5 Latvia4.2%
6 Finland4.0%
6 Portugal4.0%
8 United States3.8%
9 Czech Republic3.5%
10 Norway3.4%
11 Hungary3.3%
12 Germany3.0%
13 Switzerland2.9%
14 Belgium2.6%
15 Canada2.3%
16 Ireland1.9%
17 Denmark1.7%
17 France1.7%
19 Spain1.6%
19 Sweden1.6%
21 New Zealand1.2%
21 United Kingdom1.2%
23 Australia1.0%
24 Japan 0.8%

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 2005

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.689500 X +7.002
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -205492.760980 X +57583.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -25.544759 X +82.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.296488 X +1.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10.612489 X +13.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011