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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt unhappy and depressed?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye18.5%
2 Portugal16.4%
3 Chile14.4%
4 Italy13.7%
5 Republic of Korea13.2%
5 United Kingdom13.2%
7 Belgium13.1%
8 Germany12.5%
8 Poland12.5%
10 France11.8%
11 Australia11.4%
12 Israel11.2%
13 Sweden11.1%
14 Lithuania10.7%
15 Finland10.0%
16 Norway9.5%
16 United States9.5%
18 Spain9.4%
19 Japan 9.3%
20 Denmark7.8%
20 Slovakia7.8%
22 Czech Republic6.5%
23 Slovenia6.3%
24 Netherlands5.6%
25 Switzerland4.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -10.262608 X +7.816
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -322700.401070 X +79364.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.743111 X +81.897
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.697122 X +1.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -29.989332 X +13.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052