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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - It is good for the country's economy that people aged 60 and over are employed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland85.2%
2 Japan79.2%
3 Australia72.4%
4 Switzerland68.1%
5 Georgia66.0%
6 Germany65.3%
7 Chile63.1%
8 New Zealand 60.0%
9 Estonia58.1%
9 India58.1%
11 Taiwan57.6%
12 Latvia54.8%
13 Russian Federation54.2%
14 Finland52.4%
15 Austria48.4%
15 Lithuania48.4%
17 Philippines36.1%
18 Hungary26.1%
19 Croatia21.9%
20 Poland17.9%

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

No data for 218 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.888559 X +5.911
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 68700.169560 X -1856.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 9.780726 X +72.637
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.109743 X +1.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.211671 X +10.911
Correlation coefficient (r)0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003