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Question: How much of your past work experience and /or job skills can you make use of in your present job?
Choices: "Almost none" "A little" "A lot" "Almost all"
Data: % of "A lot" "Almost all"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden87.8%
2 Germany82.4%
3 United States69.1%
4 Canada68.3%
5 United Kingdom64.3%
6 France 61.0%
7 Italy60.8%
8 Japan50.9%

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 = 2.702668 X +4.839
Correlation coefficient (r)0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 59222.261921 X +8693.695
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.173304 X +84.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.728467 X +1.039
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.336737 X +6.872
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025