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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "A job is just a way of earning money - no more"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan39.3%
2 United Kingdom35.6%
3 Germany33.9%
4 France 26.5%
5 Italy26.4%
6 United States24.4%
7 Canada20.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.291736 X +7.260
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -107461.101579 X +82465.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 14.790909 X +77.147
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.547637 X +1.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.335208 X +10.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008