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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany33.7%
2 Republic of Korea25.1%
3 France25.0%
4 United Kingdom21.3%
5 Japan 20.8%
6 Australia19.3%
7 United States18.6%
8 Canada17.2%
9 Sweden16.5%

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 = -2.327057 X +7.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -89264.628149 X +70906.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.706721 X +81.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.720419 X +1.645
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 13.718125 X +11.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017