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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France47.0%
2 Republic of Korea44.6%
3 Sweden41.8%
4 Canada39.5%
5 United States38.4%
6 Australia35.7%
7 Japan 35.4%
8 Germany33.4%
9 United Kingdom33.3%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.454075 X +7.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -52840.724892 X +71814.108
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.302399 X +79.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.505122 X +1.683
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 65.825184 X -10.755
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317