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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job is interesting"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany82.6%
2 Sweden75.5%
3 Canada75.2%
4 France 74.4%
5 United States74.0%
6 Italy73.1%
7 United Kingdom70.9%
8 Japan57.3%

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 = 3.365944 X +4.226
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 81425.188028 X -10329.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.092620 X +91.191
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.312343 X +0.579
Correlation coefficient (r)0.476
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.227

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.880881 X +17.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046