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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 job that requires new skills.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark91.5%
2 Iceland89.7%
3 Spain89.6%
4 Switzerland89.4%
5 United Kingdom88.8%
6 Germany88.3%
7 Slovenia88.2%
8 Finland 87.6%
9 Australia87.4%
10 United States87.3%
11 Belgium86.9%
12 Mexico86.7%
13 Norway86.2%
14 France86.1%
15 New Zealand85.2%
16 Sweden84.7%
17 Latvia83.8%
18 Czech Republic83.2%
19 Austria82.0%
20 Lithuania80.9%
21 Poland80.0%
22 Israel79.8%
23 Slovakia79.1%
24 Estonia72.7%
25 Chile70.4%
26 Japan53.3%
27 Hungary46.3%

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

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.681360 X +4.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.617
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.381

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 99433.577643 X -36775.636
Correlation coefficient (r)0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 8.253006 X +72.937
Correlation coefficient (r)0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.292088 X +1.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -3.987603 X +13.920
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015