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Question: Do you feel that your family, relatives and/or friends make too many demands on you?
Choices: "No, never" "Yes, but seldom" "Yes, sometimes" "Yes, often" "Yes, very often"
Data: % of "Yes, sometimes" "Yes, often" "Yes, very often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy44.4%
2 Australia44.2%
3 Japan42.3%
4 United Kingdom32.0%
5 Canada31.2%
6 United States30.8%
7 France 25.4%
8 Germany25.3%

Note
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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.218096 X +7.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -35782.446809 X +62414.553
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 15.262633 X +76.405
Correlation coefficient (r)0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.402815 X +2.022
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.894171 X +11.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010