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Question: How often do you find your work stressful?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France45.9%
2 Sweden44.6%
3 Hungary43.2%
4 Germany39.2%
5 Italy39.1%
6 Portugal38.6%
7 Canada38.1%
8 Israel37.9%
9 Japan 37.4%
10 Norway36.5%
11 Poland35.9%
12 Slovenia35.1%
13 Spain34.7%
14 New Zealand34.4%
15 United Kingdom33.8%
16 Switzerland30.1%
17 Denmark29.2%
18 Netherlands27.6%
19 Czech Republic20.9%

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.

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.676141 X +7.741
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -58655.865744 X +67856.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 4.603334 X +79.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.072493 X +1.638
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 4.990308 X +7.323
Correlation coefficient (r)0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013