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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with 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"=7 "Very satisfied"=6 "Fairly satisfied"=5 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=4 "Fairly dissatisfied"=3 "Very dissatisfied"=2 "Completely dissatisfied"=1)
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States5.39
2 Canada5.29
3 Sweden5.24
4 Germany5.22
5 Australia5.19
6 United Kingdom5.15
7 France 5.10
8 Republic of Korea4.80
9 Japan4.56

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.301341 X +0.049
Correlation coefficient (r)0.809
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.654

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 44652.312856 X -177345.139
Correlation coefficient (r)0.819
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.671

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.846420 X +111.754
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.736554 X -2.255
Correlation coefficient (r)0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.819040 X +41.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133