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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My income is high"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada29.5%
2 Italy25.1%
3 United States24.5%
4 Japan23.1%
5 Germany23.0%
6 Sweden17.0%
7 United Kingdom16.6%
8 France 14.8%

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 = -1.764198 X +7.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 45415.757238 X +39154.031
Correlation coefficient (r)0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.292873 X +82.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.508909 X +2.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.270045 X +9.331
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001