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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:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye18.5%
2 Portugal16.4%
3 Chile14.4%
4 Italy13.7%
5 Republic of Korea13.2%
5 United Kingdom13.2%
7 Belgium13.1%
8 Bulgaria12.8%
9 Germany12.5%
9 Poland12.5%
9 Russian Federation12.5%
12 France11.8%
13 South Africa11.5%
14 Australia11.4%
15 Israel11.2%
15 Philippines11.2%
17 Sweden11.1%
18 Lithuania10.7%
19 Finland 10.0%
20 China9.8%
21 Norway9.5%
21 United States9.5%
23 Spain9.4%
24 Japan9.3%
25 Croatia8.9%
26 Denmark7.8%
26 Slovakia7.8%
28 Taiwan7.6%
29 Czech Republic6.5%
30 Slovenia6.3%
31 Netherlands5.6%
32 Switzerland4.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -12.931361 X +7.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -306771.645169 X +70657.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -18.487951 X +81.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.721557 X +1.545
Correlation coefficient (r)0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -34.750626 X +17.081
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028