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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you had bodily aches or pains?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States34.2%
2 Australia31.7%
3 United Kingdom29.5%
4 Portugal28.0%
5 Norway27.8%
6 Sweden26.6%
7 Belgium25.3%
8 Denmark24.7%
9 Poland23.6%
10 Chile23.3%
11 Finland22.9%
12 France21.9%
13 Russian Federation21.5%
14 Germany21.1%
14 Republic of Korea21.1%
16 Netherlands20.4%
17 Italy19.7%
18 Israel19.0%
19 China18.8%
20 Slovenia18.7%
21 Bulgaria17.5%
21 Turkiye17.5%
23 Japan 17.4%
24 Spain16.5%
25 Slovakia16.3%
26 Lithuania14.0%
27 Switzerland13.1%
28 Taiwan11.9%
29 Philippines11.3%
30 South Africa10.9%
31 Croatia10.7%
32 Czech Republic8.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 3.721363 X +5.777
Correlation coefficient (r)0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 193636.437413 X -985.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 34.471560 X +71.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.614639 X +1.962
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.213588 X +10.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000