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Question: Over the past 12 months, in addition to your main job, have you done any other work for pay?
Choices: "Yes, during all of that period" "Yes, during most of that period" "Yes, during some of that period" "No"
Data: % of "Yes, during all of that period" "Yes, during most of that period" "Yes, during some of that period"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland33.3%
2 United States31.5%
3 Latvia28.8%
4 Chile 26.1%
5 Estonia25.6%
6 New Zealand21.9%
7 Australia21.0%
8 Norway20.9%
9 Czech Republic20.5%
10 Mexico19.5%
11 Lithuania18.9%
12 Denmark17.9%
13 Slovenia17.0%
14 Switzerland16.7%
15 Finland16.5%
16 Sweden15.4%
17 United Kingdom15.2%
18 Slovakia14.3%
19 Poland14.1%
20 Germany13.9%
21 Israel13.7%
22 Belgium11.8%
22 France11.8%
24 Spain11.2%
25 Japan10.9%
26 Hungary8.1%
27 Austria6.9%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.202762 X +6.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 62165.064235 X +35564.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -10.727343 X +82.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.188530 X +1.515
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 12.685116 X +8.377
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062