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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 longer hours and earn more money"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy33.3%
2 United States32.5%
3 Canada28.9%
4 Japan23.6%
5 United Kingdom22.8%
6 Germany21.9%
7 France 20.0%

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 = -0.022428 X +6.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 106886.809785 X +22790.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14.983614 X +85.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.439188 X +1.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.883359 X +8.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001