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Question: How often do you have to do hard physical work?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada26.2%
2 Sweden25.9%
3 Italy24.5%
4 United Kingdom21.8%
5 United States21.6%
6 Germany20.7%
7 France 19.5%
8 Japan17.2%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 = 8.133576 X +4.875
Correlation coefficient (r)0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 136362.889984 X +18770.779
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.984722 X +81.210
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.499750 X +1.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.227458 X +13.644
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028