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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom70.7%
3 Canada67.2%
5 United States63.8%
6 Germany63.2%
7 France 59.7%
8 Japan59.6%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.452591 X +3.776
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 90437.535592 X -5108.002
Correlation coefficient (r)0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -9.745159 X +87.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.289009 X +1.698
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -29.628417 X +29.287
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218