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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea43.1%
2 Japan41.5%
3 United Kingdom34.5%
4 Germany32.5%
5 France 29.4%
6 Australia29.3%
7 United States25.5%
8 Canada22.9%
9 Sweden18.8%

Note
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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.678342 X +8.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.898
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.806

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -129213.743779 X +90421.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.732
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.536

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.862063 X +79.179
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.565412 X +2.295
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17.230517 X +6.539
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111