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Question: If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "Work longer hours and earn more money" "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money" "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Data: % of "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 13.7%
2 Japan12.8%
3 Sweden12.1%
4 Italy10.2%
5 Germany9.0%
6 Canada8.6%
7 United Kingdom8.5%
8 United States7.9%

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 = -3.515309 X +7.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -332892.836511 X +83463.659
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 74.147891 X +73.976
Correlation coefficient (r)0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.334489 X +1.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 16.685442 X +8.097
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013