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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan84.7%
2 Venezuela81.0%
3 Norway80.4%
4 Georgia79.5%
5 Switzerland78.7%
6 Denmark74.4%
7 Germany73.5%
8 Australia72.8%
8 Sweden72.8%
10 Iceland72.7%
11 New Zealand71.6%
12 China70.0%
13 United States69.8%
14 United Kingdom67.6%
15 Israel65.6%
16 Philippines64.5%
17 India64.1%
18 Belgium63.1%
19 Mexico62.2%
20 Japan 60.9%
21 Poland59.1%
22 France59.0%
23 Lithuania56.9%
24 Czech Republic56.5%
25 Slovenia55.6%
26 Croatia54.2%
27 Slovakia52.2%
28 Latvia51.7%
29 Spain51.1%
30 Austria48.5%
31 South Africa48.2%
32 Suriname47.8%
33 Estonia43.2%
34 Chile43.0%
35 Hungary40.6%
36 Finland40.4%
37 Russian Federation32.5%

Note
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 = 0.837790 X +5.994
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 83310.759839 X -15515.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 12.959791 X +69.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.479045 X +1.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -19.775262 X +23.155
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228