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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average 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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico4.78
2 Switzerland4.60
3 Austria4.47
4 Ireland4.45
5 Denmark4.43
6 Cyprus4.36
7 Philippines4.32
7 United States4.32
9 Belgium4.22
10 Germany4.21
11 Norway4.20
12 New Zealand4.19
13 Sweden4.18
14 Chile4.17
15 Portugal4.16
16 Netherlands4.15
16 Slovenia4.15
18 Israel4.13
19 Hungary4.12
20 Finland4.11
21 Australia4.09
22 France4.07
22 United Kingdom4.07
24 Brazil4.06
25 Spain4.05
26 Slovakia3.96
27 Taiwan3.95
28 Poland3.94
29 Czech Republic3.93
29 Japan 3.93
31 Russian Federation3.89
32 Latvia3.80
33 Bulgaria3.68

Note
Those who do not work, 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 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.984633 X +2.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 48306.113463 X -159116.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 3.905037 X +62.712
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.226195 X +0.712
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -5.118815 X +30.989
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089