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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Given the chance, I would change my present type of work for something different.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bangladesh63.7%
2 Philippines55.1%
3 Russian Federation50.2%
4 Bulgaria46.2%
5 Slovenia45.7%
6 Poland45.2%
7 France45.1%
8 Portugal44.4%
9 Czech Republic42.7%
10 Israel41.2%
11 Spain39.8%
12 Italy39.6%
12 United States39.6%
14 Canada39.3%
15 United Kingdom36.5%
16 New Zealand36.4%
17 Netherlands33.3%
18 Sweden33.1%
19 Japan 32.2%
20 Germany31.9%
21 Hungary30.1%
22 Cyprus29.4%
23 Denmark28.4%
24 Switzerland27.8%
25 Norway27.1%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.871753 X +8.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -202051.850821 X +120837.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -34.382098 X +92.909
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.692708 X +0.990
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.060451 X +11.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012