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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "Trade unions are very important for the job security of employees"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan74.5%
2 Republic of Korea71.1%
3 Germany65.6%
4 Australia54.9%
5 United States50.9%
6 Canada49.4%
7 France 45.0%

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 = -2.505072 X +8.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -85674.746209 X +100862.558
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9.845905 X +76.113
Correlation coefficient (r)0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.127399 X +2.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 15.279170 X +3.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168