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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt unhappy and depressed?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia42.8%
2 United Kingdom41.3%
3 Sweden34.0%
4 France 33.3%
5 United States29.6%
6 Japan28.4%
7 Germany21.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.110058 X +6.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 32962.030896 X +41684.074
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.188313 X +79.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.648854 X +1.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.719965 X +12.293
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018