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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines67.8%
2 Bulgaria67.1%
3 Spain62.9%
4 South Africa60.6%
5 Dominican Republic52.5%
6 Mexico51.6%
7 Russian Federation50.6%
8 Czech Republic48.9%
9 Republic of Korea43.1%
10 Taiwan42.8%
11 Portugal42.4%
12 Japan 41.5%
13 Slovenia40.7%
14 Latvia39.4%
15 Hungary38.2%
16 Ireland36.3%
17 United Kingdom34.5%
18 Germany32.5%
19 Cyprus31.6%
20 Finland31.5%
21 France29.4%
22 Australia29.3%
23 Israel28.4%
24 United States25.5%
25 Denmark25.4%
26 New Zealand25.3%
27 Belgium23.0%
28 Canada22.9%
29 Sweden18.8%
30 Switzerland17.5%
31 Norway12.8%

Note
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 = -3.040113 X +7.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.738
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.545

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -145603.860321 X +97271.715
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -26.259821 X +88.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.588273 X +1.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.681849 X +11.209
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002