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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden15.7%
2 Japan10.6%
3 Australia10.4%
4 Germany9.4%
5 United Kingdom9.2%
6 France 4.7%
7 United States4.5%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.554219 X +6.332
Correlation coefficient (r)0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -61906.377799 X +58242.231
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 43.146706 X +77.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.326193 X +1.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.000974 X +10.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000