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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In order to avoid unemployment I would be willing to travel longer to get to work.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain73.2%
2 Switzerland67.2%
3 Croatia66.0%
4 Denmark62.5%
5 Germany61.9%
6 United States59.6%
7 Lithuania58.9%
8 Poland57.1%
9 Latvia54.9%
10 United Kingdom54.6%
11 Australia54.5%
12 Austria53.8%
13 Slovenia53.0%
14 Belgium52.9%
15 Finland51.1%
16 New Zealand48.6%
17 Russian Federation48.1%
18 Suriname47.8%
19 China47.7%
20 Norway47.1%
21 Sweden46.5%
22 Slovakia46.2%
23 Czech Republic45.4%
23 France45.4%
25 South Africa44.6%
26 Estonia44.4%
27 Israel44.2%
28 Georgia43.2%
29 India38.0%
30 Mexico37.0%
31 Philippines34.4%
32 Iceland33.6%
33 Taiwan31.3%
34 Chile27.4%
35 Japan 24.6%
36 Venezuela23.4%
37 Hungary23.1%

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

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.866856 X +5.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 77058.530003 X -907.869
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 13.532449 X +70.958
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.123385 X +2.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 5.870545 X +8.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018