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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 longer hours and earn more money"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France42.3%
2 United States38.1%
3 Japan32.7%
4 United Kingdom26.4%
6 Germany22.3%

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 = -0.544253 X +6.749
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 42535.890868 X +38888.386
Correlation coefficient (r)0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.189998 X +82.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.400637 X +1.097
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 22.029323 X +3.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346