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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea39.0%
2 France 32.9%
3 Germany30.1%
4 Japan25.5%
5 Australia22.8%
6 United States20.5%
7 Canada20.3%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.389288 X +7.515
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -170959.975578 X +97182.359
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.750763 X +78.146
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.421478 X +2.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 27.495760 X +4.982
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200