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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea34.9%
2 Sweden26.8%
3 United States24.3%
4 Germany24.1%
5 France 21.5%
6 United Kingdom20.4%
7 Australia20.2%
8 Japan18.8%
9 Canada18.5%

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 = -2.028097 X +7.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -59785.415449 X +64496.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.245180 X +81.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.444255 X +2.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 63.540502 X -2.939
Correlation coefficient (r)0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618