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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States54.9%
3 United Kingdom49.7%
5 Germany 48.2%
6 France38.5%
7 Japan16.1%

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 = 1.837540 X +5.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.969
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.939

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 90748.344343 X +15010.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.789
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.623

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -12.792965 X +86.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.798
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.637

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.826243 X +1.207
Correlation coefficient (r)0.626
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.392

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.441991 X +11.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030