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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "In my job I can help other people"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States87.8%
2 Canada81.6%
3 United Kingdom76.3%
4 Australia75.4%
5 Sweden67.4%
6 France 67.1%
7 Germany62.1%
8 Republic of Korea58.5%
9 Japan51.7%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.115349 X +5.215
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 102730.096698 X -21091.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.832
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.692

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -14.309960 X +91.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.682
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.465

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.227579 X +0.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -8.042080 X +17.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049