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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job is useful to society"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States70.7%
2 Canada69.5%
3 Sweden67.3%
4 France 66.5%
5 Germany65.2%
6 Japan60.9%
7 Italy57.7%
8 United Kingdom56.8%

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 = 3.733345 X +4.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 200797.902224 X -80154.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.763
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.582

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.374945 X +92.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.979744 X +0.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 45.695565 X -19.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534