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Question: In your free time, how often do you find yourself thinking about work?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden36.9%
2 United States36.1%
3 Germany35.5%
4 Australia34.8%
5 Republic of Korea32.3%
6 France 28.9%
7 United Kingdom26.0%
8 Japan24.3%

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 = 5.434377 X +4.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.599
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.359
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 208471.457881 X -16375.159
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.541636 X +87.412
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.385168 X +1.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21.665158 X +5.141
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057