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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden36.9%
2 United States36.1%
3 Germany35.5%
4 Australia34.8%
5 Republic of Korea32.3%
6 France28.9%
7 United Kingdom26.0%
8 Japan 24.3%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.321838 X +4.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 169189.023654 X -2664.079
Correlation coefficient (r)0.682
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.465
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.059257 X +87.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.805576 X +1.241
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21.035482 X +8.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029