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Question: In deciding on pay for two people doing the same kind of work, how important should be how well the person does the job?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States93.1%
2 France 93.0%
3 Germany92.2%
4 Canada90.8%
5 Sweden87.7%
6 United Kingdom85.9%
7 Italy85.7%
8 Japan78.3%

Note
Can't choose 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 = 3.982183 X +3.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 171933.285504 X -102872.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -29.151546 X +107.402
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.702292 X -0.852
Correlation coefficient (r)0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.002654 X +3.638
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012