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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt you could not overcome your problems?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy13.8%
2 Turkiye12.2%
3 Portugal11.2%
4 France11.1%
5 Japan10.8%
6 Chile 10.1%
7 Belgium9.7%
8 United Kingdom9.4%
9 Australia8.2%
10 Israel8.1%
11 Poland8.0%
11 Sweden8.0%
13 Republic of Korea7.9%
14 Norway7.8%
15 Germany7.7%
16 Spain7.1%
17 Lithuania6.7%
18 Finland6.6%
19 Slovakia6.2%
20 Denmark5.8%
21 Netherlands5.2%
22 Czech Republic5.1%
23 Slovenia4.9%
24 United States4.7%
25 Switzerland2.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -12.064550 X +7.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -409852.040627 X +79018.138
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 14.741419 X +79.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.488883 X +1.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -58.577779 X +14.845
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126