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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany33.7%
2 Republic of Korea25.1%
3 France 25.0%
4 United Kingdom21.3%
5 Japan20.8%
6 Australia19.3%
7 United States18.6%
8 Canada17.2%
9 Sweden16.5%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.989641 X +7.347
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -111936.724302 X +75144.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.282746 X +82.193
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.738765 X +1.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -8.560033 X +13.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012