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Question: How often has each of the following happened to you during the past three months? - I have found it difficult to concentrate at work because of my family responsibilities.
Choices: "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela60.5%
2 India11.0%
3 Mexico10.8%
3 Turkiye10.8%
5 Israel9.6%
6 Chile8.8%
7 Philippines7.1%
8 Bulgaria5.9%
8 South Africa5.9%
10 Spain5.5%
11 Russian Federation5.2%
12 Portugal4.5%
13 Poland4.4%
14 Croatia4.3%
15 United States3.6%
16 Ireland3.5%
16 Republic of Korea3.5%
18 Slovakia3.4%
19 Latvia3.3%
20 Argentina2.7%
20 China2.7%
20 France2.7%
23 Sweden2.3%
24 Belgium2.2%
24 Czech Republic2.2%
24 Japan2.2%
27 Australia2.1%
28 Lithuania1.8%
28 United Kingdom1.8%
30 Canada1.6%
31 Denmark1.5%
31 Norway1.5%
31 Slovenia1.5%
31 Switzerland1.5%
35 Finland 1.4%
35 Germany1.4%
35 Taiwan1.4%
38 Iceland1.2%
39 Austria1.0%
40 Hungary0.9%
40 Netherlands0.9%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -4.242840 X +6.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -101645.487368 X +42011.199
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -17.194569 X +79.572
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.578684 X +1.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -25.180924 X +14.291
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149