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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you had bodily aches or pains?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States34.2%
2 Australia31.7%
3 United Kingdom29.5%
4 Portugal28.0%
5 Norway27.8%
6 Sweden26.6%
7 Belgium25.3%
8 Denmark24.7%
9 Poland23.6%
10 Chile23.3%
11 Finland22.9%
12 France21.9%
13 Germany21.1%
13 Republic of Korea21.1%
15 Netherlands20.4%
16 Italy19.7%
17 Israel19.0%
18 Slovenia18.7%
19 Turkiye17.5%
20 Japan 17.4%
21 Spain16.5%
22 Slovakia16.3%
23 Lithuania14.0%
24 Switzerland13.1%
25 Czech Republic8.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.278351 X +6.244
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 129887.988688 X +16171.120
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 6.856659 X +79.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.287043 X +1.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -4.549040 X +14.096
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002