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Question: To what extent, if at all, do you worry about the possibility of losing your job?
Choices: "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent" "I worry a little" "I don't worry at all"
Data: % of "I worry a great deal" "I worry to some extent"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico73.1%
2 Latvia58.0%
3 Spain45.5%
4 Slovenia43.2%
5 Czech Republic35.2%
6 Portugal34.8%
7 Germany33.7%
8 Republic of Korea25.1%
9 France25.0%
10 Israel24.2%
11 United Kingdom21.3%
12 Japan 20.8%
13 Hungary20.4%
14 Switzerland19.5%
15 Australia19.3%
16 United States18.6%
17 Canada17.2%
18 Norway16.9%
19 Sweden16.5%
20 New Zealand13.6%
21 Ireland11.2%
22 Denmark11.1%
23 Finland10.5%
24 Belgium9.7%

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 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.019901 X +7.374
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -101381.498293 X +75405.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9.720903 X +83.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.318029 X +1.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.388590 X +14.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011