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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:
2 France 32.9%
3 Germany30.1%
4 Japan25.5%
6 United States20.5%
7 Canada20.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.237652 X +6.923
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -157121.905241 X +94174.525
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 18.634536 X +76.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.564974 X +1.097
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -28.802941 X +18.450
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448