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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States47.6%
2 France 30.5%
3 Sweden29.6%
4 United Kingdom25.6%
5 Germany24.6%
6 Australia23.3%
7 Japan20.7%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.790278 X +6.524
Correlation coefficient (r)0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 115558.748009 X +19207.555
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25.665997 X +88.989
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.761959 X +1.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 16.246909 X +6.052
Correlation coefficient (r)0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305