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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 the same number of hours and earn the same money"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom70.9%
2 Germany69.1%
3 Sweden66.3%
4 France 65.1%
5 Canada61.4%
6 Japan60.3%
7 Italy59.7%
8 United States57.4%

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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.130198 X +4.682
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -56970.532935 X +85342.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.163333 X +77.082
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.590482 X +0.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -24.756804 X +25.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131