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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Given the chance, I would change my present type of work for something different.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 45.1%
2 Italy39.6%
2 United States39.6%
4 Canada39.3%
5 United Kingdom36.5%
6 Sweden33.1%
7 Japan32.2%
8 Germany31.9%

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 = -0.486203 X +6.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 26898.003782 X +39013.279
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.382433 X +86.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.406346 X +1.012
Correlation coefficient (r)0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.717588 X +13.435
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018