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Question: Do you feel that your family, relatives and/or friends make too many demands on you?
Choices: "No, never" "Yes, but seldom" "Yes, sometimes" "Yes, often" "Yes, very often"
Data: % of "Yes, sometimes" "Yes, often" "Yes, very often"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary44.8%
2 Italy44.4%
3 Australia44.2%
4 Japan42.3%
5 Finland 40.6%
6 Slovenia34.9%
7 Israel32.3%
8 United Kingdom32.0%
9 Czech Republic31.8%
10 Canada31.2%
10 Latvia31.2%
12 United States30.8%
13 Norway29.5%
14 New Zealand29.4%
15 France25.4%
16 Germany25.3%
17 Denmark23.0%
18 Poland21.1%
19 Chile19.9%
20 Switzerland19.0%
21 Austria15.0%
22 Spain14.0%

Note
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 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.494829 X +6.928
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -26955.711963 X +55042.308
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.641674 X +80.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.279138 X +1.524
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 8.985193 X +7.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075