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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 France 42.3%
2 United States38.1%
3 Japan32.7%
4 United Kingdom26.4%
5 Australia23.5%
6 Germany22.3%
7 Sweden14.7%

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 = -2.618223 X +7.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -11455.640933 X +55811.040
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.633556 X +84.338
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.219314 X +1.552
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.624347 X +9.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029