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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 of the satisfaction 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 States4.47
2 Germany4.42
3 Canada4.31
4 United Kingdom4.27
5 Australia4.18
6 Sweden4.16
7 France 3.97
8 Japan3.95

Note
Those who do not work, 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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.691048 X +3.857
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 47151.067186 X -145950.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.671
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.450

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.904372 X +123.472
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.751
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.564

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.034456 X +1.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.129097 X +11.233
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000