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Question: To what extent, if at all, do you worry about the possibility of losing your job?
Choices: "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent" "I worry a little" "I don't worry at all"
Data: % of "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany39.0%
2 United Kingdom28.7%
3 France 27.9%
4 Italy26.6%
5 Sweden21.3%
6 United States16.2%
7 Canada16.0%
8 Japan15.3%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.250810 X +6.619
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -49125.200575 X +60737.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.874663 X +81.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.576187 X +1.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -25.313264 X +15.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403