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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt unhappy and depressed?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy13.7%
2 Republic of Korea13.2%
2 United Kingdom13.2%
4 Germany12.5%
5 France 11.8%
6 Australia11.4%
7 Sweden11.1%
8 United States9.5%
9 Japan9.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.066010 X +6.987
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -462950.726712 X +102623.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 33.428760 X +78.007
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.816780 X +2.285
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -90.514204 X +21.815
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087