Tweet
Question: If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "Work longer hours and earn more money" "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money" "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Data: % of "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden15.7%
2 Taiwan14.0%
3 Switzerland11.4%
4 Japan 10.6%
5 Philippines10.5%
6 Australia10.4%
7 Finland9.7%
8 Germany9.4%
9 Spain9.3%
10 United Kingdom9.2%
11 Denmark8.9%
12 Mexico8.3%
13 Norway8.2%
14 Israel7.7%
15 New Zealand7.5%
16 Belgium7.3%
17 Iceland6.5%
18 China6.0%
19 Chile5.8%
19 Czech Republic5.8%
19 Slovenia5.8%
22 Austria5.7%
23 France4.7%
24 United States4.5%
25 Latvia4.3%
26 India3.7%
27 South Africa2.9%
28 Croatia2.6%
28 Suriname2.6%
30 Poland2.2%
31 Hungary2.1%
32 Estonia1.8%
33 Lithuania1.7%
33 Slovakia1.7%
35 Russian Federation1.6%
36 Georgia1.4%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 9.653709 X +5.906
Correlation coefficient (r)0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 335484.213056 X +14925.862
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 96.017631 X +71.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.294561 X +1.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -61.613656 X +15.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180