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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "A job is just a way of earning money - no more"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines74.6%
2 Bulgaria61.7%
3 Russian Federation51.5%
4 Poland49.9%
5 Portugal47.4%
6 Bangladesh47.1%
7 Spain45.9%
8 Japan 39.3%
9 Slovenia39.1%
10 Czech Republic37.2%
11 Israel36.7%
12 United Kingdom35.6%
13 Germany33.9%
14 Cyprus30.1%
14 Hungary30.1%
16 France26.5%
17 Italy26.4%
18 United States24.4%
19 Denmark23.2%
20 New Zealand23.0%
21 Netherlands22.0%
22 Canada20.6%
23 Sweden17.9%
24 Switzerland16.5%
25 Norway11.6%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.189019 X +7.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -140702.136541 X +90397.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.812
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.659

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.288848 X +87.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.780955 X +1.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -6.164459 X +11.165
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049