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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom28.8%
3 United States24.4%
4 Japan22.6%
5 Germany22.5%
7 France 16.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.390365 X +6.254
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 89068.110996 X +32238.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -9.445022 X +83.445
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.438146 X +1.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -11.554632 X +12.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029