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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 the same number of hours and earn the same money"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway75.4%
2 Cyprus74.1%
2 Denmark74.1%
4 Belgium73.8%
5 United Kingdom70.7%
6 Finland70.4%
7 Switzerland70.2%
8 Ireland68.9%
9 Spain68.7%
10 Sweden68.3%
11 New Zealand67.6%
12 Canada67.2%
12 Slovenia67.2%
14 Australia66.6%
15 United States63.8%
16 Germany63.2%
17 Czech Republic61.1%
18 France59.7%
19 Japan 59.6%
20 Hungary58.7%
21 Taiwan55.8%
22 Israel52.5%
23 Portugal47.4%
24 Republic of Korea46.9%
25 Latvia46.6%
26 South Africa39.8%
27 Russian Federation36.5%
28 Philippines33.8%
29 Mexico32.9%
30 Bulgaria31.2%
31 Dominican Republic22.7%

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 = 2.817006 X +4.951
Correlation coefficient (r)0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 129153.135715 X -32707.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 28.809266 X +62.068
Correlation coefficient (r)0.765
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.585

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.088719 X +2.316
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.772435 X +11.602
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003