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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%
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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.186054 X +7.411
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -436240.681234 X +94794.452
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 59.929306 X +75.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.588046 X +1.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.197943 X +9.238
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000