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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In order to avoid unemployment I would be willing to accept a position with lower pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States54.9%
2 Australia52.1%
3 United Kingdom49.7%
4 Sweden48.5%
5 Germany48.2%
6 France 38.5%
7 Japan16.1%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.329923 X +5.727
Correlation coefficient (r)0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 84293.664078 X +15448.788
Correlation coefficient (r)0.778
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.605

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -11.927106 X +86.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.806048 X +1.260
Correlation coefficient (r)0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.473680 X +11.387
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006