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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%
4 France 1.7%
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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 14.794817 X +6.279
Correlation coefficient (r)0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1465197.536109 X +23642.089
Correlation coefficient (r)0.899
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.808

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -188.657604 X +85.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 10.620221 X +1.340
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 127.676296 X +7.782
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203