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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany 68.3%
4 United Kingdom64.4%
5 United States57.4%
6 Japan56.7%
7 France53.1%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.977382 X +5.386
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 11546.694635 X +45727.293
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.196524 X +83.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.087891 X +2.203
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -29.157438 X +27.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346