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Question: In your free time, how often do you find yourself thinking about work?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia52.3%
2 Poland50.1%
3 Hungary45.3%
4 Israel44.8%
5 Latvia42.1%
6 Chile41.4%
7 Norway39.5%
8 Mexico39.2%
9 Sweden 36.9%
10 Slovakia36.3%
11 United States36.1%
12 Germany35.5%
13 Australia34.8%
13 Belgium34.8%
15 Czech Republic34.7%
16 New Zealand34.6%
17 Republic of Korea32.3%
18 Finland31.3%
19 France28.9%
20 Ireland28.7%
21 Austria26.6%
22 United Kingdom26.0%
23 Japan24.3%
24 Switzerland23.0%

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 = -0.691990 X +6.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -144724.770389 X +98476.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -23.798183 X +88.481
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.176846 X +1.205
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.187390 X +10.959
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000