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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia34.0%
2 Czech Republic30.7%
3 Hungary30.4%
4 Lithuania29.9%
5 Iceland29.3%
6 Israel29.1%
7 United Kingdom28.8%
8 Mexico28.1%
9 Australia27.7%
10 United States24.4%
11 Spain24.0%
12 Switzerland 22.9%
13 Japan22.6%
14 Germany22.5%
15 New Zealand22.1%
16 Denmark20.6%
17 Austria19.2%
18 Sweden18.6%
19 Finland16.6%
20 France16.3%
21 Slovenia16.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.569732 X +7.496
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -107570.439281 X +72526.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -38.292406 X +89.488
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.444397 X +1.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -8.974353 X +12.591
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018