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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In order to avoid unemployment I would be willing to accept a position with lower pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Suriname35.1%
2 Chile 19.1%
3 Mexico18.9%
4 Venezuela11.0%

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

No data for 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 11.320162 X +4.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.951
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.904

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -2410.417906 X +9392.040
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -6.306475 X +73.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.332671 X +1.700
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 103.195118 X -11.367
Correlation coefficient (r)0.980
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.960