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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "I would enjoy having a paid job even if I did not need the money."?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany73.5%
4 United States69.8%
5 United Kingdom67.6%
6 Japan60.9%
7 France59.0%

Note
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 = 2.915629 X +4.643
Correlation coefficient (r)0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 167197.161991 X -57964.642
Correlation coefficient (r)0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -25.716253 X +98.294
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.261929 X +1.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6.785165 X +14.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018