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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%
3 Australia87.4%
4 United States87.3%
5 France 86.1%
6 Sweden84.7%
7 Japan53.3%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.236183 X +4.912
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 63084.355231 X +637.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.357152 X +90.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.027292 X +0.769
Correlation coefficient (r)0.803
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.645

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.278865 X +15.904
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094