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Question: How much of your past work experience and /or job skills can you make use of in your present job?
Choices: "Almost none" "A little" "A lot" "Almost all"
Data: % of "A lot" "Almost all"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany80.5%
4 United Kingdom72.4%
5 United States71.0%
6 France63.7%
7 Japan55.3%

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 = 2.596425 X +4.792
Correlation coefficient (r)0.848
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.719

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 93790.294121 X -11668.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -14.827906 X +91.449
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.544239 X +1.177
Correlation coefficient (r)0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -13.692833 X +19.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181