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Question: In your free time, how often do you feel rushed?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia45.7%
2 Slovenia43.4%
3 Hungary43.2%
4 Norway42.2%
5 Israel39.7%
6 Poland36.0%
7 United States35.4%
8 Chile34.7%
9 Slovakia34.3%
10 Australia30.3%
11 Czech Republic28.9%
11 United Kingdom28.9%
13 Ireland27.8%
14 Belgium27.6%
15 Finland27.0%
16 Mexico24.3%
17 Sweden22.2%
18 New Zealand21.8%
19 Germany18.0%
20 Austria15.7%
20 Japan 15.7%
22 Republic of Korea12.5%
23 France8.8%
24 Switzerland6.4%

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 2007

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.737486 X +7.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -58979.696832 X +62761.869
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -12.950809 X +84.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.855250 X +1.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.314012 X +15.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014