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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt unhappy and depressed?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy13.7%
2 Republic of Korea13.2%
2 United Kingdom13.2%
4 Germany12.5%
5 France11.8%
6 Australia11.4%
7 Sweden11.1%
8 United States9.5%
9 Japan 9.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.822671 X +7.068
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -408855.208104 X +97490.439
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 18.459590 X +79.743
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.909822 X +2.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -54.624532 X +20.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019