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Question: In your free time, how often do you find yourself thinking about work?
Choices: "Very often" "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Very often" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia52.3%
2 Poland50.1%
3 Hungary45.3%
4 Israel44.8%
5 Latvia42.1%
6 Chile41.4%
7 Norway39.5%
8 Mexico39.2%
9 Sweden36.9%
10 Slovakia36.3%
11 United States36.1%
12 Germany35.5%
13 Australia34.8%
13 Belgium34.8%
15 Czech Republic34.7%
16 New Zealand34.6%
17 Republic of Korea32.3%
18 Finland31.3%
19 France28.9%
20 Ireland28.7%
21 Austria26.6%
22 United Kingdom26.0%
23 Japan 24.3%
24 Switzerland23.0%

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 = -2.207005 X +7.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -158666.527355 X +103106.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19.092179 X +87.292
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.300864 X +1.137
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.838080 X +13.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000