EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q39_3 Do you think you spend the right amount of time with other social contacts (not family)?

Gender

Q39_3 Do you think you spend the right amount of time with other social contacts (not family)?
		Too much	Just right	Too little	NA/Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Male	2	68.3	25.3	4.4	472
	Female	0.9	68.1	25.7	5.3	571
	Both	1.4	68.2	25.5	4.9	1043
BE (Belgium)	Male	3.5	69.8	26.3	0.4	468
	Female	2	69.1	28.8	0.1	542
	Both	2.7	69.4	27.6	0.3	1010
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	4	60	31.6	4.4	442
	Female	4.5	58.3	32.1	5	588
	Both	4.3	59.1	31.9	4.7	1030
CY (Cyprus)	Male	7.2	66.7	22.9	3.1	433
	Female	5.2	61.2	29.2	4.4	570
	Both	6.2	63.8	26.2	3.8	1003
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	1.8	74.4	23.7	0.1	465
	Female	1.6	65.2	32.8	0.4	762
	Both	1.7	69.6	28.4	0.3	1227
DE (Germany)	Male	2	73.4	22.8	1.8	917
	Female	0.4	76.9	21.9	0.8	1091
	Both	1.2	75.2	22.4	1.3	2008
DK (Denmark)	Male	0.9	72.7	25.1	1.4	449
	Female	1.1	66.5	30.8	1.6	555
	Both	1	69.5	28	1.5	1004
EE (Estonia)	Male	1.3	72.9	22.6	3.2	405
	Female	1.9	69.6	24.5	4	618
	Both	1.6	71.1	23.6	3.7	1023
GR (Greece)	Male	8.1	65.8	24.9	1.2	436
	Female	6.1	66	27.9	0.1	564
	Both	7.1	65.9	26.4	0.6	1000
ES (Spain)	Male	1.9	76.5	20.6	1	499
	Female	1.3	70.8	25.9	2	516
	Both	1.6	73.6	23.3	1.5	1015
FI (Finland)	Male	0.6	61.5	36.4	1.4	464
	Female	0.3	58.8	40.6	0.3	538
	Both	0.5	60.1	38.6	0.8	1002
FR (France)	Male	2.1	62.2	33.1	2.5	634
	Female	2	60.4	34.9	2.8	903
	Both	2	61.3	34	2.6	1537
HR (Croatia)	Male	3.8	51.6	40.7	3.9	388
	Female	2.2	50.9	40.2	6.7	612
	Both	2.9	51.2	40.4	5.4	1000
HU (Hungary)	Male	0.9	67.2	27.6	4.4	387
	Female	1.3	56.8	38	3.9	613
	Both	1.1	61.7	33.1	4.1	1000
IE (Ireland)	Male	1.4	69.2	25.6	3.9	401
	Female	0.8	67.5	26.2	5.5	599
	Both	1.1	68.3	25.9	4.7	1000
IT (Italy)	Male	1.2	66.7	26.1	6.1	537
	Female	2.2	65.6	23.8	8.5	979
	Both	1.7	66.1	24.9	7.3	1516
LT (Lithuania)	Male	2.2	69.7	22.9	5.2	378
	Female	0.7	70	25.4	3.8	626
	Both	1.4	69.9	24.3	4.4	1004
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	3.4	66.6	26.1	3.9	427
	Female	2.6	66.7	27.3	3.4	577
	Both	3	66.7	26.7	3.6	1004
LV (Latvia)	Male	2.3	57.6	32.9	7.2	383
	Female	2.7	57.1	30.1	10.1	619
	Both	2.5	57.3	31.3	8.8	1002
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	3.6	48.8	29.9	17.7	482
	Female	0.6	43.5	29.9	26	526
	Both	2.1	46.1	29.9	21.9	1008
MT (Malta)	Male	2.7	51.7	43.6	2.1	501
	Female	0.9	49.9	47.7	1.5	499
	Both	1.8	50.8	45.7	1.8	1000
NL (Netherlands)	Male	0.6	63.5	35.8	0.1	481
	Female	0.8	67.4	31.3	0.5	530
	Both	0.7	65.5	33.5	0.3	1011
NO (Norway)	Male	2.2	51.9	44.6	1.3	467
	Female	0.3	55.6	42	2.1	533
	Both	1.2	53.8	43.3	1.7	1000
PL (Poland)	Male	1.3	71.3	25.7	1.7	608
	Female	1.3	66.6	30.8	1.3	892
	Both	1.3	68.9	28.4	1.5	1500
PT (Portugal)	Male	1.2	67.7	27.1	4	477
	Female	2.4	60.5	30	7	523
	Both	1.8	63.9	28.7	5.6	1000
RO (Romania)	Male	2.1	52.1	36.9	8.9	473
	Female	0.4	41.7	43.8	14.1	527
	Both	1.3	46.7	40.5	11.6	1000
SE (Sweden)	Male	0.1	55.3	44.4	0.2	495
	Female	3.1	54.5	41.7	0.7	522
	Both	1.6	54.9	43	0.4	1017
SI (Slovenia)	Male	1.8	68.2	28.6	1.4	428
	Female	0.8	66.8	31.2	1.2	607
	Both	1.3	67.5	29.9	1.3	1035
SK (Slovakia)	Male	4.7	58	35.5	1.9	439
	Female	1.5	56.2	40.6	1.7	689
	Both	3	57	38.2	1.8	1128
TR (Turkey)	Male	7.7	63.4	25.7	3.3	878
	Female	6.6	62.9	24.1	6.4	1122
	Both	7.1	63.1	24.9	4.8	2000
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	1.3	68.4	29.8	0.5	648
	Female	0.7	66.8	31.7	0.8	859
	Both	0.9	67.6	30.8	0.7	1507
CC3	Male	7.3	62.1	26.9	3.8	1748
	Female	6.1	61.3	25.5	7	2260
	Both	6.7	61.7	26.2	5.4	4008
EU 15	Male	1.8	68.7	27.3	2.2	7805
	Female	1.4	67.9	28	2.7	9869
	Both	1.6	68.3	27.7	2.5	17674
NMS12	Male	2	65.1	29.2	3.8	5342
	Female	1.4	59	34.8	4.8	7610
	Both	1.7	61.9	32.1	4.3	12952
EU 27	Male	1.9	67.9	27.7	2.5	13147
	Female	1.4	66	29.5	3.1	17479
	Both	1.6	66.9	28.6	2.9	30626

Age

Q39_3 Do you think you spend the right amount of time with other social contacts (not family)?
		Too much	Just right	Too little	NA/Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	18-34	2.4	69.8	25.2	2.6	309
	35-49	1.2	64.2	30.5	4.1	350
	50-64	1.7	65.9	27.2	5.2	230
	65+	0.0	75.1	15.8	9.1	154
BE (Belgium)	18-34	3.8	71	25.3	0.0	210
	35-49	2.7	60.2	36.7	0.4	317
	50-64	2.5	64.6	32.2	0.7	262
	65+	1.6	84.7	13.7	0.0	221
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	8.4	63.9	25.4	2.2	235
	35-49	4	47.8	46.4	1.8	236
	50-64	2.3	60.8	33.5	3.4	305
	65+	1.1	64	21.6	13.3	254
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	12.8	63.6	22.5	1.2	205
	35-49	4.9	62.6	29.9	2.6	223
	50-64	1.5	65.7	27.5	5.2	322
	65+	1.2	63.9	25.3	9.5	253
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	2.4	72.6	25	0.0	298
	35-49	0.8	65.8	33.1	0.3	332
	50-64	2.3	71.6	26	0.2	399
	65+	0.9	67.1	31.2	0.8	198
DE (Germany)	18-34	1.7	71.5	25.5	1.3	431
	35-49	1.2	70.1	27.6	1.1	595
	50-64	1.2	76.8	21	1	453
	65+	0.6	84	13.7	1.7	529
DK (Denmark)	18-34	1.9	65.2	32.9	0.0	183
	35-49	0.5	59	40.5	0.0	257
	50-64	0.3	74.9	23.1	1.7	289
	65+	1.3	83.2	10	5.5	275
EE (Estonia)	18-34	3.2	70.4	25.1	1.3	235
	35-49	1.9	66.4	27.5	4.3	202
	50-64	0.4	73.8	23.5	2.3	253
	65+	0.3	75.1	16.8	7.8	333
GR (Greece)	18-34	10.3	66.8	21.6	1.4	289
	35-49	5.6	60.3	34.1	0.0	260
	50-64	5.9	64	30.1	0.0	187
	65+	5.1	73.5	20.6	0.9	264
ES (Spain)	18-34	1.8	73.3	24.3	0.7	286
	35-49	0.6	65.3	31.9	2.2	275
	50-64	3.6	81.3	13.9	1.2	194
	65+	0.8	77.7	19.4	2	260
FI (Finland)	18-34	0.0	58.2	40.6	1.2	183
	35-49	0.0	50.3	49.1	0.7	232
	50-64	1.3	62.2	35.9	0.6	324
	65+	0.6	72.2	26.2	0.9	263
FR (France)	18-34	3.7	59.4	35.8	1.1	353
	35-49	1.9	54.3	42.3	1.5	416
	50-64	1	61.1	33.9	4	401
	65+	1.3	72.9	21.3	4.5	367
HR (Croatia)	18-34	5.3	54.9	37.9	1.9	245
	35-49	2.1	44	51.1	2.8	229
	50-64	2.9	51.9	40	5.2	266
	65+	0.8	55.3	29.4	14.5	260
HU (Hungary)	18-34	2.3	60.7	34.2	2.8	241
	35-49	1	56.4	38.4	4.2	234
	50-64	0.2	61.8	32.9	5.1	264
	65+	0.3	70.4	24.3	5	261
IE (Ireland)	18-34	1.9	71.6	21.4	5.1	288
	35-49	1	62.7	32.7	3.6	305
	50-64	0.5	70	25.9	3.6	239
	65+	0.0	68.5	24.3	7.2	168
IT (Italy)	18-34	0.8	67.3	24.8	7.1	388
	35-49	1.7	61.6	33.1	3.6	600
	50-64	2.4	66.2	27	4.4	347
	65+	2.2	69.7	13.3	14.8	181
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	2.5	67	26.1	4.5	228
	35-49	0.5	64.6	31.1	3.9	238
	50-64	1.1	78.3	17.7	3	228
	65+	1.5	73.3	18.3	6.9	310
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	2	65.9	30.3	1.8	176
	35-49	2.3	62.9	30.7	4.1	339
	50-64	3.4	68.6	24.5	3.6	266
	65+	5.1	71.9	17.3	5.6	223
LV (Latvia)	18-34	3.8	54.1	34.9	7.2	326
	35-49	3.1	50.3	36.8	9.8	297
	50-64	2.3	65.1	26	6.6	187
	65+	0.3	62.9	24.6	12.2	192
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	2.7	47.1	25.7	24.5	290
	35-49	1.1	39.2	37.3	22.4	297
	50-64	2.7	50.6	28.5	18.2	246
	65+	1.7	50.3	27.5	20.5	175
MT (Malta)	18-34	4.1	52.5	43	0.5	258
	35-49	1.1	47.8	47.9	3.2	243
	50-64	0.0	49.7	49	1.3	300
	65+	1.3	53.7	42.2	2.8	199
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	0.0	67.8	32.2	0.0	138
	35-49	0.6	51.2	48.2	0.0	345
	50-64	1.3	70	28.3	0.3	321
	65+	1	80.9	17	1.2	207
NO (Norway)	18-34	2.5	56.9	39.4	1.2	202
	35-49	1.1	40.3	57.1	1.5	295
	50-64	0.4	51.3	47.9	0.4	276
	65+	0.7	72.2	22.8	4.3	227
PL (Poland)	18-34	2.3	68.4	28.5	0.8	392
	35-49	0.2	61.4	37.4	1.1	383
	50-64	1	71.1	26.7	1.3	421
	65+	1.2	78.1	17	3.7	304
PT (Portugal)	18-34	0.2	66.9	30.1	2.8	280
	35-49	1.1	61.2	32.3	5.4	270
	50-64	2.7	59.5	29	8.7	247
	65+	4.4	67.5	21.3	6.9	203
RO (Romania)	18-34	2.2	49.1	39.8	9	254
	35-49	1.4	41.2	48.3	9.1	276
	50-64	0.7	46.6	38	14.8	273
	65+	0.0	50.2	33.8	16	197
SE (Sweden)	18-34	3.9	54	41.6	0.5	152
	35-49	0.6	34.5	64.5	0.3	288
	50-64	0.2	56.2	43.3	0.3	334
	65+	1.7	78.5	19	0.8	243
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	2.2	64.2	32.9	0.7	277
	35-49	0.2	58.3	40.1	1.4	203
	50-64	0.6	74	24.4	0.9	275
	65+	2.3	78.1	17	2.6	280
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	3.9	62.1	32	2	258
	35-49	2	49	47.8	1.3	294
	50-64	2	61.2	35.8	0.9	361
	65+	4.5	55.2	36.9	3.4	215
TR (Turkey)	18-34	7.4	62.5	26.2	3.8	919
	35-49	8.4	62.9	26.4	2.3	588
	50-64	4.3	65.3	22.6	7.8	317
	65+	6.4	63.1	17.2	13.3	176
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	1.9	67	30.5	0.6	330
	35-49	0.5	55	43.8	0.8	376
	50-64	0.6	70	28.8	0.6	358
	65+	0.6	82.7	16	0.7	443
CC3	18-34	7.2	61.8	26.8	4.2	1454
	35-49	7.7	60.8	28.5	3	1114
	50-64	4.1	63.3	24.7	8	829
	65+	5.4	61.3	19.5	13.8	611
EU 15	18-34	2.2	67.4	28.5	2	3996
	35-49	1.3	60.8	36.3	1.7	5225
	50-64	1.7	69.7	26.5	2.2	4452
	65+	1.3	77.7	16.6	4.4	4001
NMS12	18-34	2.9	62.9	31.1	3.1	3207
	35-49	1.1	55.2	40.3	3.4	3161
	50-64	1.1	64.1	30.2	4.6	3588
	65+	0.9	67.2	24.4	7.5	2996
EU 27	18-34	2.3	66.3	29.1	2.3	7203
	35-49	1.2	59.7	37.1	2	8386
	50-64	1.6	68.4	27.3	2.7	8040
	65+	1.2	75.8	18	5	6997

Income

Q39_3 Do you think you spend the right amount of time with other social contacts (not family)?
		Too much	Just right	Too little	NA/Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Lowest	0.8	75.7	20.8	2.8	144
	Low	0.0	80.4	16.8	2.8	142
	High	3.1	70.9	25	1	139
	Highest	4.2	59.2	35	1.6	147
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	3.7	73	22.7	0.6	185
	Low	2.8	71.7	25.5	0.0	183
	High	2.5	66.9	30.6	0.0	183
	Highest	3.4	56.9	39.4	0.3	184
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	3.5	66.2	24.6	5.7	185
	Low	1.1	60.8	28.1	10.1	186
	High	1.3	62.4	31.9	4.4	189
	Highest	4.4	54.5	39.5	1.7	186
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	3	61.6	31	4.3	185
	Low	3	69.3	25.6	2.1	190
	High	7.7	59.3	32.2	0.8	214
	Highest	6.7	72.8	20.4	0.0	179
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	1.2	63.6	35.2	0.0	200
	Low	1.7	67.3	31	0.0	194
	High	1	68.7	29.9	0.3	191
	Highest	3	68.9	28.1	0.0	202
DE (Germany)	Lowest	1.4	69.1	27.7	1.8	358
	Low	0.0	75.7	24.3	0.0	344
	High	0.6	74.9	23.3	1.1	375
	Highest	2.2	75	22.1	0.7	360
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	1.9	70.6	24.8	2.7	210
	Low	0.3	72.3	25.5	1.9	195
	High	1.1	70.4	28.1	0.4	206
	Highest	1.4	67.5	31	0.0	200
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	2	69.1	24.4	4.5	212
	Low	1.6	75.6	17.5	5.3	209
	High	0.0	67.2	31.3	1.5	210
	Highest	3	71.8	23.9	1.3	210
GR (Greece)	Lowest	9.3	58.2	31.3	1.2	185
	Low	2.8	66	28.9	2.3	176
	High	6.7	61	32.3	0.0	184
	Highest	4	65.3	30.7	0.0	181
ES (Spain)	Lowest	3.8	70.7	25.1	0.4	126
	Low	0.8	75.3	23.2	0.6	125
	High	2.9	68	28.4	0.7	128
	Highest	2.8	68.6	27.9	0.7	127
FI (Finland)	Lowest	0.0	63.2	35.9	0.9	201
	Low	0.0	60.2	39	0.8	200
	High	1.8	52.6	45.3	0.3	185
	Highest	0.0	56.7	43.3	0.0	216
FR (France)	Lowest	0.8	59.2	35.3	4.8	293
	Low	1.5	63.1	32.7	2.7	293
	High	3.2	62.6	33.2	1	294
	Highest	2.3	56.3	39.9	1.5	293
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	1	51	39.7	8.2	214
	Low	4.9	51	41	3.1	212
	High	3.2	47.2	43.4	6.2	214
	Highest	3.4	53	41.5	2.1	213
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	2.4	52.8	37.6	7.2	172
	Low	1.3	60.4	34.9	3.4	201
	High	0.7	69.1	29.7	0.5	186
	Highest	0.9	60.3	35	3.7	183
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	0.0	64.2	30.2	5.6	118
	Low	1.1	67.8	25.4	5.7	119
	High	2.2	59.6	34.2	4.1	121
	Highest	1.3	66.2	30.2	2.3	117
IT (Italy)	Lowest	9.2	56.1	25.9	8.8	125
	Low	0.7	63.1	22.1	14.1	123
	High	0.4	64.4	31.6	3.5	130
	Highest	0.0	66.3	33.2	0.5	120
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	2.2	80	11.4	6.3	218
	Low	0.7	77.8	16.6	5	217
	High	0.4	66.1	32	1.5	219
	Highest	2.8	63.2	30.4	3.6	218
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	4.2	69.7	25.4	0.8	142
	Low	1.3	70	28.7	0.0	141
	High	1.2	66.5	31.6	0.7	140
	Highest	1	73.3	24.8	0.9	144
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	3	61.8	22.7	12.6	179
	Low	1	61.9	28.9	8.3	182
	High	1.9	44.7	47	6.3	176
	Highest	3.9	62	30.5	3.7	180
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	0.8	43	30.1	26.1	219
	Low	1.3	45.9	33.1	19.7	221
	High	3	45.9	34.7	16.4	221
	Highest	3.5	53.2	32.6	10.7	218
MT (Malta)	Lowest	1.2	54.3	43.4	1.1	153
	Low	1.3	46	51.8	1	152
	High	1.5	55.9	41.3	1.2	153
	Highest	3.6	52.5	43.9	0.0	154
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	0.0	65.8	33.7	0.5	201
	Low	0.6	61.8	37.4	0.2	201
	High	1	60.1	38	0.8	204
	Highest	1.3	59.7	38.9	0.0	199
NO (Norway)	Lowest	0.0	57.3	42.1	0.6	214
	Low	0.8	49.9	48.3	1	220
	High	2.2	54	42	1.9	225
	Highest	1.8	51.6	45.6	1.1	213
PL (Poland)	Lowest	0.2	69.8	29.1	0.9	263
	Low	0.7	73.1	24.6	1.6	276
	High	0.9	69	28.7	1.4	259
	Highest	2.5	67.4	29.9	0.2	267
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	4	68.1	23.3	4.5	106
	Low	0.6	54.3	39.1	6.1	104
	High	5.4	54.9	37.1	2.6	104
	Highest	0.9	59.3	39.8	0.0	105
RO (Romania)	Lowest	0.0	41.2	41.9	16.9	194
	Low	1.6	55	33.7	9.7	194
	High	0.0	39.5	47.3	13.3	190
	Highest	1	54.4	39.6	4.9	198
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	3.7	61.8	33.8	0.7	236
	Low	0.4	54.6	43.8	1.2	235
	High	0.0	52.1	47.9	0.0	244
	Highest	0.7	53	46.3	0.0	227
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	2.7	68.8	26.9	1.7	187
	Low	0.0	72.5	26.9	0.6	169
	High	1.8	69.1	29.1	0.0	175
	Highest	0.6	56	42.4	1	182
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	3.1	54.2	38.8	3.9	192
	Low	2.2	54.2	39.6	4	193
	High	4.3	54.3	40.8	0.6	191
	Highest	4.6	50.5	44.8	0.0	194
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	8.1	55.3	27.5	9.1	403
	Low	5.4	66.3	25.2	3.2	400
	High	6.9	66.8	22.9	3.3	413
	Highest	8.8	67.5	22.3	1.3	391
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	1.7	71.1	26.2	1	205
	Low	0.0	65.9	33.6	0.5	203
	High	1.1	64.1	34.4	0.4	202
	Highest	0.5	57.5	41.9	0.0	209
CC3	Lowest	7.4	54.6	28.4	9.6	836
	Low	5.3	64.5	26.5	3.7	833
	High	6.5	64.5	25	4	848
	Highest	8.2	65.7	24.4	1.7	822
EU 15	Lowest	2.6	65.7	28.9	2.7	2835
	Low	0.7	68.3	28.8	2.2	2784
	High	1.8	66.3	30.9	1.1	2839
	Highest	1.8	64	33.6	0.6	2829
NMS12	Lowest	1.1	60.2	32.6	6.1	2340
	Low	1.2	65.3	29.1	4.5	2363
	High	0.9	60.2	34.6	4.2	2353
	Highest	2.4	61.7	34.1	1.9	2353
EU 27	Lowest	2.3	64.4	29.8	3.5	5175
	Low	0.8	67.6	28.8	2.8	5147
	High	1.6	64.8	31.8	1.8	5192
	Highest	1.9	63.4	33.7	1	5182

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