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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel rushed?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria60.7%
2 Philippines45.9%
3 Latvia45.7%
4 Slovenia43.4%
5 Hungary43.2%
6 Argentina42.8%
7 Norway42.2%
8 Israel39.7%
9 Croatia36.7%
10 Poland36.0%
11 United States35.4%
12 Chile34.7%
13 Slovakia34.3%
14 Uruguay32.9%
15 Australia30.3%
16 Russian Federation29.0%
17 Czech Republic28.9%
17 United Kingdom28.9%
19 Ireland27.8%
20 Belgium27.6%
21 Finland27.0%
22 Cyprus26.7%
23 Mexico24.3%
24 South Africa23.1%
25 Sweden22.2%
26 New Zealand21.8%
27 Dominican Republic20.6%
28 Germany18.0%
29 Taiwan16.7%
30 Austria15.7%
30 Japan 15.7%
32 Republic of Korea12.5%
33 France8.8%
34 Switzerland6.4%

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 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.017124 X +6.825
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -58897.108985 X +55246.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -17.553135 X +83.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.815149 X +1.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -7.218664 X +13.127
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029