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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel rushed?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia45.7%
2 Slovenia43.4%
3 Hungary43.2%
4 Norway42.2%
5 Israel39.7%
6 Poland36.0%
7 United States35.4%
8 Chile34.7%
9 Slovakia34.3%
10 Australia30.3%
11 Czech Republic28.9%
11 United Kingdom28.9%
13 Ireland27.8%
14 Belgium27.6%
15 Finland 27.0%
16 Mexico24.3%
17 Sweden22.2%
18 New Zealand21.8%
19 Germany18.0%
20 Austria15.7%
20 Japan15.7%
22 Republic of Korea12.5%
23 France8.8%
24 Switzerland6.4%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.192579 X +6.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -39946.198008 X +57807.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -16.258509 X +84.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.958456 X +1.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.112488 X +11.202
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001