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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "A job is just a way of earning money - no more"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan39.3%
2 United Kingdom35.6%
3 Germany33.9%
4 France 26.5%
5 Italy26.4%
6 United States24.4%
7 Canada20.6%
8 Sweden17.9%

Note
Can't choose 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 = -3.564502 X +7.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -96606.692759 X +76131.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.341313 X +80.712
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.816456 X +1.764
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.536472 X +12.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058