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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States4.46
2 Germany4.41
3 United Kingdom4.36
4 Sweden4.22
5 Australia4.20
6 France 4.12
7 Japan3.47

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.763336 X +3.563
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 27905.724106 X -64028.196
Correlation coefficient (r)0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.553316 X +104.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.310816 X +0.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.680464 X +17.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046