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Question: How often do you find your work stressful?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 45.9%
2 Sweden44.6%
3 Germany39.2%
4 Italy39.1%
5 Canada38.1%
6 Japan37.4%
7 United Kingdom33.8%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.477270 X +5.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 47200.824324 X +26352.215
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 8.435135 X +79.063
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.030405 X +0.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.153784 X -0.839
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132