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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt unhappy and depressed?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia42.8%
2 United Kingdom41.3%
3 Sweden34.0%
4 France33.3%
5 United States29.6%
6 Japan 28.4%
7 Germany21.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.599555 X +6.363
Correlation coefficient (r)0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 27571.098145 X +44489.803
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.883217 X +79.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.437747 X +1.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -17.032995 X +18.837
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220