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Question: In your free time, how often do you find yourself thinking about work?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States36.1%
3 Germany35.5%
6 France28.9%
7 United Kingdom26.0%
8 Japan24.3%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.341975 X +5.564
Correlation coefficient (r)0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 261586.574612 X -26241.511
Correlation coefficient (r)0.800
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.640
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -39.864311 X +93.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.875
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.766
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.321006 X +1.152
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 15.247966 X +5.711
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072