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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "I would enjoy having a paid job even if I did not need the money."?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden68.9%
2 Germany68.8%
3 Republic of Korea67.3%
4 Japan65.3%
5 United States63.8%
6 Australia61.9%
7 Canada59.0%
8 France 58.5%
9 United Kingdom55.8%

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 = -0.781250 X +7.185
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -18196.635745 X +62090.494
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.880874 X +77.559
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.037216 X +2.793
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 42.813051 X -15.229
Correlation coefficient (r)0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239