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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico4.87
2 Switzerland4.71
3 Philippines4.64
4 Ireland4.63
5 Cyprus4.52
6 Denmark4.51
7 United States4.47
8 Germany4.42
8 Israel4.42
10 Dominican Republic4.37
11 Canada4.31
11 Finland4.31
13 Portugal4.29
14 Norway4.28
15 United Kingdom4.27
16 Netherlands4.26
17 New Zealand4.24
17 Spain4.24
19 Bulgaria4.22
20 Australia4.18
21 Hungary4.16
21 South Africa4.16
21 Sweden4.16
24 Czech Republic4.09
25 Slovenia4.07
26 Russian Federation4.02
27 Taiwan3.99
28 France3.97
29 Belgium3.96
30 Japan 3.95
31 Latvia3.89

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.491484 X +4.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 28887.032927 X -80643.994
Correlation coefficient (r)0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.144322 X +83.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.404383 X -0.021
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -11.149087 X +57.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308