Tweet
Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job gives me a chance to improve my skills."
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany74.6%
2 Canada74.1%
3 Australia72.6%
4 United States65.3%
5 France 65.0%
6 Japan60.0%
7 Republic of Korea41.1%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.778457 X +4.793
Correlation coefficient (r)0.837
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.701

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 79260.828021 X -748.824
Correlation coefficient (r)0.576
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.332

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.434190 X +85.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.309328 X -0.021
Correlation coefficient (r)0.796
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.634

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -33.184815 X +33.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819