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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you had bodily aches or pains?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States34.2%
2 Australia31.7%
3 United Kingdom29.5%
4 Portugal28.0%
5 Norway27.8%
6 Sweden26.6%
7 Belgium25.3%
8 Denmark24.7%
9 Poland 23.6%
10 Chile23.3%
11 Finland22.9%
12 France21.9%
13 Germany21.1%
13 Republic of Korea21.1%
15 Netherlands20.4%
16 Italy19.7%
17 Israel19.0%
18 Slovenia18.7%
19 Turkiye17.5%
20 Japan17.4%
21 Spain16.5%
22 Slovakia16.3%
23 Lithuania14.0%
24 Switzerland13.1%
25 Czech Republic8.5%

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 = 1.965124 X +6.283
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 131610.547157 X +17916.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 5.229769 X +79.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.210158 X +1.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.843717 X +9.361
Correlation coefficient (r)0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003