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Question: Would you say that you earn...? If you are not working now, please tell about your last job.
Choices: "Much less than I deserve" "Less than I deserve" "What I deserve" "More than I deserve" "Much more than I deserve" "Never worked"
Data: % of "Much less than I deserve" "Less than I deserve" among those who have ever worked
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden71.3%
2 Japan68.3%
3 United States59.7%
4 United Kingdom58.3%
5 France 51.5%
6 Germany50.8%
7 Australia43.8%

Note
Those who answer "Never worked"/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.424321 X +6.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -32089.963458 X +71044.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.953371 X +79.882
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.827485 X +2.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 10.328830 X +4.782
Correlation coefficient (r)0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149