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Question: How often do you find your work stressful?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France47.0%
2 Republic of Korea44.6%
3 Russian Federation42.6%
4 Sweden41.8%
5 Hungary41.5%
6 Slovenia40.9%
7 South Africa40.2%
8 Canada39.5%
9 Portugal39.3%
10 United States38.4%
11 Spain37.9%
12 Norway36.0%
13 Australia35.7%
14 Denmark35.5%
15 Japan 35.4%
16 Taiwan34.3%
17 Philippines34.0%
18 Germany33.4%
19 Latvia33.3%
19 United Kingdom33.3%
21 Belgium32.6%
22 Finland32.3%
23 Dominican Republic30.4%
24 Israel29.3%
25 Switzerland29.1%
26 Bulgaria28.8%
27 Ireland26.9%
28 Mexico26.6%
29 New Zealand25.7%
30 Czech Republic21.6%
31 Cyprus20.7%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.335014 X +7.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -33626.225755 X +53683.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.282706 X +78.676
Correlation coefficient (r)0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.258728 X +2.119
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 41.718256 X -3.808
Correlation coefficient (r)0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279