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Question: How often do you find your work stressful?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France47.0%
2 Republic of Korea44.6%
3 Sweden41.8%
4 Hungary41.5%
5 Slovenia40.9%
6 Canada39.5%
7 Portugal39.3%
8 United States38.4%
9 Spain37.9%
10 Norway36.0%
11 Australia35.7%
12 Denmark35.5%
13 Japan 35.4%
14 Germany33.4%
15 Latvia33.3%
15 United Kingdom33.3%
17 Belgium32.6%
18 Finland32.3%
19 Israel29.3%
20 Switzerland29.1%
21 Ireland26.9%
22 Mexico26.6%
23 New Zealand25.7%
24 Czech Republic21.6%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.675165 X +7.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -51079.396974 X +66856.335
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.696752 X +78.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.056569 X +2.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 38.696005 X -0.059
Correlation coefficient (r)0.476
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.227