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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel rushed?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States35.4%
2 Australia30.3%
3 United Kingdom28.9%
4 Sweden22.2%
5 Germany18.0%
6 Japan15.7%
7 Republic of Korea12.5%
8 France 8.8%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.422298 X +6.145
Correlation coefficient (r)0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 133643.659162 X +21323.024
Correlation coefficient (r)0.827
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.684

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.933599 X +85.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.213003 X +1.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.185279 X +13.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030