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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 47.0%
2 Republic of Korea44.6%
3 Sweden41.8%
4 Canada39.5%
5 United States38.4%
6 Australia35.7%
7 Japan35.4%
8 Germany33.4%
9 United Kingdom33.3%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.895551 X +7.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -58835.457389 X +73401.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.602437 X +78.186
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.837510 X +1.829
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 43.220503 X -4.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256