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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "I would enjoy having a paid job even if I did not need the money."?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan80.6%
2 Norway75.8%
3 Denmark75.4%
4 Switzerland73.6%
5 New Zealand70.5%
6 Sweden68.9%
7 Germany68.8%
8 Republic of Korea67.3%
9 Mexico66.6%
10 Israel66.3%
11 Ireland65.6%
12 Japan 65.3%
13 Dominican Republic64.2%
14 United States63.8%
15 Australia61.9%
16 Canada59.0%
17 France58.5%
18 Hungary56.8%
19 Portugal56.1%
20 United Kingdom55.8%
21 Belgium53.0%
22 Latvia48.6%
23 Slovenia45.5%
24 Philippines44.6%
25 Czech Republic44.0%
26 South Africa43.3%
27 Spain40.7%
28 Russian Federation40.5%
29 Finland36.0%
30 Bulgaria34.4%
31 Cyprus22.3%

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 = 1.807976 X +5.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 98519.310106 X -14276.387
Correlation coefficient (r)0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 15.814782 X +69.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.141131 X +1.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.994892 X +11.136
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001