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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%
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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.672131 X +6.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -30852.321998 X +58213.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.917339 X +81.049
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.500816 X +1.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -24.125003 X +15.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399