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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines60.9%
2 Bulgaria55.8%
3 Spain54.6%
4 Russian Federation51.1%
5 Slovenia49.9%
6 Portugal 41.3%
7 Germany39.0%
8 Czech Republic31.9%
9 Poland29.0%
10 United Kingdom28.7%
11 France27.9%
12 Italy26.6%
13 Israel25.5%
14 Switzerland22.9%
15 New Zealand22.8%
16 Sweden21.3%
17 Hungary17.3%
18 United States16.2%
19 Bangladesh16.0%
19 Canada16.0%
21 Japan15.3%
22 Cyprus15.0%
23 Netherlands12.4%
24 Denmark12.0%
25 Norway11.5%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.129016 X +7.230
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -88897.347465 X +66230.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.575842 X +82.974
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.291094 X +1.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.326609 X +11.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002