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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 longer hours and earn more money"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Georgia63.1%
2 Mexico60.8%
3 Lithuania60.2%
4 Russian Federation59.1%
5 South Africa58.6%
6 Suriname57.7%
7 Croatia53.5%
8 Philippines50.4%
9 Slovakia48.5%
10 India46.3%
11 Poland45.1%
12 Estonia44.0%
13 France42.3%
14 China42.1%
15 Latvia41.3%
16 Hungary40.2%
17 United States38.1%
18 Israel36.1%
19 Chile34.4%
20 Japan 32.7%
21 Czech Republic30.9%
22 Slovenia30.4%
23 Taiwan30.1%
24 Spain29.4%
25 Iceland28.6%
26 United Kingdom26.4%
27 New Zealand24.9%
28 Austria24.8%
29 Belgium24.3%
30 Australia23.5%
31 Germany22.3%
32 Denmark18.2%
33 Finland16.7%
34 Switzerland16.5%
35 Norway15.7%
36 Sweden14.7%

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 = -3.435851 X +7.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.672
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.452

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -137406.356712 X +87335.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -31.804425 X +89.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.829
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.687

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.806630 X +1.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 10.907270 X +7.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098