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Question: How often has each of the following happened to you during the past three months? - I have found it difficult to concentrate at work because of my family responsibilities.
Choices: "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico13.2%
2 Chile8.8%
3 Portugal6.9%
4 Israel6.2%
5 Spain3.7%
5 United States3.7%
7 Latvia3.4%
8 Poland2.9%
9 New Zealand2.6%
10 United Kingdom2.3%
11 Slovakia2.2%
12 Australia2.0%
13 Czech Republic1.9%
14 France1.7%
15 Hungary1.6%
15 Sweden1.6%
17 Finland1.3%
17 Slovenia1.3%
19 Germany1.2%
19 Ireland1.2%
21 Belgium1.0%
21 Denmark1.0%
21 Japan 1.0%
24 Austria0.9%
24 Netherlands0.9%
24 Norway0.9%
27 Switzerland0.2%

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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.011395 X +7.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -441893.401948 X +58907.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -36.689028 X +81.538
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 4.507903 X +1.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -71.650432 X +14.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293