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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela4.91
2 Austria4.79
3 Switzerland4.76
4 Mexico4.75
5 Chile4.58
6 Philippines4.56
7 India4.54
7 Israel4.54
9 Denmark4.51
9 Spain4.51
11 Iceland4.46
11 United States4.46
13 Finland4.45
14 Norway4.43
15 Germany4.41
16 Latvia4.39
17 United Kingdom4.36
18 Suriname4.35
19 New Zealand4.34
20 Slovenia4.31
21 Croatia4.30
22 Czech Republic4.28
22 Slovakia4.28
24 South Africa4.27
25 Russian Federation4.25
26 Estonia4.24
26 Taiwan4.24
28 Belgium4.23
29 Sweden4.22
30 Australia4.20
31 Hungary4.16
32 France4.12
33 Georgia4.05
34 Lithuania4.01
35 Poland3.84
36 China3.66
37 Japan 3.47

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

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.369805 X +4.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 16401.975793 X -35424.043
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.750676 X +85.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.488776 X -0.389
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -4.618877 X +31.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065