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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - I am willing to work harder than I have to in order to help the firm or organization I work for succeed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States76.8%
2 Canada65.0%
3 United Kingdom61.4%
4 Germany61.0%
5 Japan58.4%
6 Sweden50.9%
7 Italy33.8%
8 France 25.8%

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 = 0.436990 X +6.442
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 53716.249125 X +19928.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.651
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.424

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.996919 X +85.979
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.092047 X +1.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10.040826 X +4.388
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263