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Question: How often has each of the following happened to you during the past three months? - I have found it difficult to concentrate at work because of my family responsibilities.
Choices: "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States3.7%
2 United Kingdom2.3%
3 Australia2.0%
4 France 1.7%
5 Sweden1.6%
6 Germany1.2%
7 Japan1.0%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9.880024 X +6.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1275294.917258 X +27943.027
Correlation coefficient (r)0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -256.028369 X +86.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.857
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.734

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6.539598 X +1.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 111.728723 X +8.584
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145