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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan14.9%
2 Republic of Korea14.1%
3 Sweden13.5%
4 Canada12.6%
5 Australia10.6%
6 United Kingdom8.8%
7 France 7.4%
8 Germany6.7%
9 United States5.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.832058 X +6.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -203209.212522 X +71849.342
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 56.178458 X +76.031
Correlation coefficient (r)0.807
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.651

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.370983 X +2.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 51.097090 X +6.504
Correlation coefficient (r)0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181