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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you had difficulties with work or household activities because of health problems?
Choices: "Never" "Seldom" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal20.8%
2 Republic of Korea18.6%
3 Israel16.7%
4 Belgium16.0%
5 Netherlands15.7%
6 Germany15.6%
7 Chile15.3%
7 Poland15.3%
9 United Kingdom14.6%
10 Finland14.1%
10 Norway14.1%
12 United States13.7%
13 Slovakia13.3%
14 Slovenia12.9%
15 Australia12.2%
16 France12.1%
17 Spain11.7%
18 Sweden11.5%
19 Japan 11.4%
19 Lithuania11.4%
21 Italy10.1%
22 Switzerland9.8%
23 Turkiye9.4%
24 Denmark7.2%
25 Czech Republic6.0%

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 = -2.148573 X +7.022
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -56975.579839 X +51881.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 8.494648 X +79.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.005650 X +1.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 32.944544 X +8.766
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036