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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain54.6%
2 Slovenia49.9%
3 Portugal41.3%
4 Germany39.0%
5 Czech Republic31.9%
6 Poland29.0%
7 United Kingdom28.7%
8 France27.9%
9 Italy26.6%
10 Israel25.5%
11 Switzerland22.9%
12 New Zealand22.8%
13 Sweden21.3%
14 Hungary17.3%
15 United States16.2%
16 Canada16.0%
17 Japan 15.3%
18 Netherlands12.4%
19 Denmark12.0%
20 Norway11.5%

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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.462227 X +7.159
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -102826.451536 X +75116.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.279308 X +80.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.400716 X +1.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.041711 X +10.962
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071