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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%
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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.821683 X +5.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 67855.918592 X +25123.380
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.781078 X +84.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.447855 X +0.550
Correlation coefficient (r)0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.025303 X +10.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001