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Question: To what extent, if at all, do you worry about the possibility of losing your job?
Choices: "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent" "I worry a little" "I don't worry at all"
Data: % of "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico73.1%
2 Philippines71.4%
3 Bulgaria62.6%
4 Latvia58.0%
5 Dominican Republic55.4%
6 Russian Federation48.3%
7 Spain45.5%
8 Slovenia43.2%
9 South Africa42.4%
10 Czech Republic35.2%
11 Portugal34.8%
12 Germany33.7%
13 Republic of Korea25.1%
14 France25.0%
15 Israel24.2%
16 United Kingdom21.3%
17 Japan20.8%
18 Hungary20.4%
19 Switzerland19.5%
20 Australia19.3%
21 United States18.6%
22 Cyprus18.4%
23 Canada17.2%
24 Norway16.9%
25 Sweden16.5%
26 New Zealand13.6%
27 Taiwan11.7%
28 Ireland11.2%
29 Denmark11.1%
30 Finland 10.5%
31 Belgium9.7%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.504194 X +7.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -101013.823090 X +71896.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.738
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.545

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -16.826896 X +84.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.811898 X +1.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.307290 X +14.689
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025