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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 accept a position with lower pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland65.0%
2 Slovenia57.0%
3 Spain56.9%
4 Denmark56.3%
4 India56.3%
6 United States54.9%
7 Norway54.2%
8 Croatia53.5%
9 Australia52.1%
10 United Kingdom49.7%
11 New Zealand48.5%
11 Sweden48.5%
13 Germany48.2%
13 Taiwan48.2%
15 Belgium47.3%
16 Israel45.6%
17 Finland44.7%
18 Austria44.3%
19 Latvia44.2%
20 Poland42.8%
21 Georgia42.6%
22 Lithuania41.6%
23 Czech Republic40.1%
24 Philippines38.9%
25 France38.5%
26 Slovakia37.8%
27 Iceland37.5%
28 China36.5%
29 Suriname35.1%
30 South Africa33.3%
31 Russian Federation24.7%
32 Estonia23.3%
33 Chile19.1%
34 Mexico18.9%
35 Japan 16.1%
36 Venezuela11.0%
37 Hungary8.9%

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 = 1.539380 X +5.875
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 99592.320847 X -5364.749
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 15.478964 X +71.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.244568 X +1.829
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.285556 X +11.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000