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Question: How much of your past work experience and /or job skills can you make use of in your present job?
Choices: "Almost none" "A little" "A lot" "Almost all"
Data: % of "A lot" "Almost all"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden84.5%
2 Switzerland74.8%
3 Denmark74.7%
4 Germany74.5%
5 New Zealand73.2%
6 Canada70.7%
7 Australia70.3%
8 Slovenia70.2%
9 United States67.3%
10 Norway67.2%
11 Ireland65.8%
12 United Kingdom65.4%
13 Israel62.3%
14 Finland60.3%
15 Czech Republic59.2%
16 Belgium58.7%
17 France58.3%
18 Cyprus57.5%
19 Hungary56.7%
20 Mexico56.6%
21 Bulgaria55.0%
22 Republic of Korea54.2%
23 Latvia51.8%
24 Philippines49.0%
25 South Africa48.5%
26 Russian Federation48.3%
27 Portugal46.2%
28 Spain45.2%
29 Japan 43.7%
30 Dominican Republic41.9%
31 Taiwan41.0%

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 = 3.784651 X +4.321
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 157274.204123 X -51916.839
Correlation coefficient (r)0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 25.076175 X +63.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.263870 X +1.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.128158 X +11.860
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002