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Question: If you were looking actively, how easy or difficult do you think it would be for you to find an acceptable job?
Choices: "Very easy" "Fairly easy" "Neither easy nor difficult" "Fairly difficult" "Very difficult"
Data: % of "Very easy" "Fairly easy"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States52.2%
2 Canada32.5%
3 Sweden24.5%
4 United Kingdom22.0%
5 France 18.0%
6 Italy13.2%
7 Germany10.7%
8 Japan5.2%

Note
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 = 1.222791 X +6.406
Correlation coefficient (r)0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 86345.071302 X +29765.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.921
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.848

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.941398 X +84.534
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.775
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.601

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.507919 X +1.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 11.710401 X +7.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277