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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 the same number of hours and earn the same money"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway76.2%
2 Finland73.6%
3 Denmark72.9%
4 Switzerland72.1%
5 Sweden69.6%
6 Austria69.5%
7 Belgium68.4%
8 Germany68.3%
9 New Zealand67.6%
10 Australia66.0%
11 Iceland64.9%
12 United Kingdom64.4%
13 Slovenia63.8%
14 Czech Republic 63.3%
15 Spain61.2%
16 Chile59.8%
17 Hungary57.7%
18 United States57.4%
19 Japan56.7%
20 Israel56.3%
21 Taiwan55.9%
22 Estonia54.3%
22 Latvia54.3%
24 France53.1%
25 Poland52.7%
26 China51.9%
27 India49.9%
28 Slovakia49.7%
29 Croatia43.9%
30 Suriname39.7%
31 Russian Federation39.2%
32 Philippines39.0%
33 South Africa38.4%
34 Lithuania38.1%
35 Georgia35.5%
36 Mexico30.9%

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

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 3.941129 X +4.289
Correlation coefficient (r)0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 162576.199391 X -53975.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.780
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.608

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 31.400356 X +60.525
Correlation coefficient (r)0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.336190 X +2.396
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -10.382172 X +17.282
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063