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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 job that requires new skills.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom88.8%
2 Germany88.3%
4 United States87.3%
5 France86.1%
7 Japan53.3%

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 = 1.878811 X +5.055
Correlation coefficient (r)0.992
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.984

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 67965.953833 X -2236.304
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -9.815258 X +89.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.004613 X +0.739
Correlation coefficient (r)0.762
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.581

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -7.605679 X +16.452
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145