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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria4.79
2 Switzerland4.76
3 Mexico4.75
4 Chile4.58
5 Israel4.54
6 Denmark4.51
6 Spain4.51
8 Iceland4.46
8 United States4.46
10 Finland4.45
11 Norway4.43
12 Germany4.41
13 Latvia4.39
14 United Kingdom4.36
15 New Zealand4.34
16 Slovenia4.31
17 Czech Republic4.28
17 Slovakia4.28
19 Estonia4.24
20 Belgium4.23
21 Sweden4.22
22 Australia4.20
23 Hungary4.16
24 France4.12
25 Lithuania4.01
26 Poland3.84
27 Japan 3.47

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

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.656829 X +3.962
Correlation coefficient (r)0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 26484.099161 X -70062.112
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.108630 X +80.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.308964 X +0.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.739427 X +31.204
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149