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Question: How often has each of the following happened to you during the past three months? - I have found it difficult to concentrate at work because of my family responsibilities.
Choices: "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico13.2%
2 Chile8.8%
3 Brazil8.6%
4 Portugal6.9%
5 Israel6.2%
6 Philippines5.6%
7 Bulgaria4.6%
8 Spain3.7%
8 United States3.7%
10 Latvia3.4%
11 Poland2.9%
12 Russian Federation2.8%
13 New Zealand2.6%
14 United Kingdom2.3%
15 Slovakia2.2%
16 Australia2.0%
17 Czech Republic1.9%
18 France1.7%
18 Taiwan1.7%
20 Hungary1.6%
20 Sweden1.6%
22 Finland1.3%
22 Slovenia1.3%
24 Germany1.2%
24 Ireland1.2%
26 Belgium1.0%
26 Denmark1.0%
26 Japan 1.0%
29 Austria0.9%
29 Netherlands0.9%
29 Norway0.9%
32 Cyprus0.4%
33 Switzerland0.2%

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 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -5.301487 X +6.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -467034.352984 X +55685.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -84.148129 X +81.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 3.482264 X +1.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -48.751503 X +11.170
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133