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Question: To what extent, if at all, do you worry about the possibility of losing your job?
Choices: "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent" "I worry a little" "I don't worry at all"
Data: % of "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico73.1%
2 Philippines71.4%
3 Bulgaria62.6%
4 Latvia58.0%
5 Dominican Republic55.4%
6 Russian Federation48.3%
7 Spain45.5%
8 Slovenia43.2%
9 South Africa42.4%
10 Czech Republic35.2%
11 Portugal34.8%
12 Germany33.7%
13 Republic of Korea25.1%
14 France25.0%
15 Israel24.2%
16 United Kingdom21.3%
17 Japan 20.8%
18 Hungary20.4%
19 Switzerland19.5%
20 Australia19.3%
21 United States18.6%
22 Cyprus18.4%
23 Canada17.2%
24 Norway16.9%
25 Sweden16.5%
26 New Zealand13.6%
27 Taiwan11.7%
28 Ireland11.2%
29 Denmark11.1%
30 Finland10.5%
31 Belgium9.7%

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 = -1.861072 X +7.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -100400.883449 X +72361.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -21.998479 X +85.541
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.711175 X +1.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.927245 X +11.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020