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Question: How satisfied are you in your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=6 "Very satisfied"=5 "Fairly satisfied"=4 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=3 "Fairly dissatisfied"=2 "Very dissatisfied"=1 "Completely dissatisfied"=0)
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States434.7%
2 Sweden425.1%
3 Italy416.8%
4 Germany416.3%
5 Canada412.6%
5 United Kingdom412.6%
7 France 408.0%
8 Japan387.1%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.814189 X -0.835
Correlation coefficient (r)0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 78850.968995 X -277552.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.784
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.615

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.793447 X +134.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.606469 X -0.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.445053 X -4.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021