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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you had difficulties with work or household activities because of health problems?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal20.8%
2 Republic of Korea18.6%
3 Israel16.7%
4 Russian Federation16.6%
5 Bulgaria16.1%
6 Belgium16.0%
7 Netherlands15.7%
8 Germany15.6%
9 Chile15.3%
9 Poland15.3%
11 United Kingdom14.6%
12 Finland14.1%
12 Norway14.1%
14 United States13.7%
15 Slovakia13.3%
16 Slovenia12.9%
17 Australia12.2%
18 France12.1%
19 China11.7%
19 Spain11.7%
21 Sweden11.5%
22 Japan 11.4%
22 Lithuania11.4%
24 Philippines10.2%
25 Italy10.1%
26 Croatia10.0%
27 Switzerland9.8%
28 Turkiye9.4%
29 South Africa7.6%
30 Denmark7.2%
31 Taiwan6.1%
32 Czech Republic6.0%

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 = 0.313602 X +6.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 32408.791066 X +33938.780
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 30.652114 X +74.831
Correlation coefficient (r)0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -3.018597 X +2.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 14.197019 X +8.699
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008