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Question: If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "Work longer hours and earn more money" "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money" "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Data: % of "Work longer hours and earn more money"
Period:
Area:
3 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico60.8%
2 Suriname57.7%
3 Chile 34.4%

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

No data for 30 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = 1.204545 X +5.946
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -25166.007715 X +24940.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -25.970419 X +88.103
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 1.874890 X +0.931
Correlation coefficient (r)0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 22.365262 X +1.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084