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Question: How satisfied are you in your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average of the satisfaction score (as "Completely satisfied"=6 "Very satisfied"=5 "Fairly satisfied"=4 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=3 "Fairly dissatisfied"=2 "Very dissatisfied"=1 "Completely dissatisfied"=0)
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela 4.91
2 Mexico4.75
3 Chile4.58
4 Suriname4.35

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -2.238617 X +16.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.672
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.452

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -3055.950138 X +24203.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 0.291347 X +72.571
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.201623 X +2.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -41.463980 X +203.034
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.933
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.870