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Question: If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "Work longer hours and earn more money" "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money" "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Data: % of "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark16.0%
2 Switzerland15.5%
3 Japan 14.9%
4 Finland14.3%
5 Republic of Korea14.1%
6 Sweden13.5%
7 Canada12.6%
8 Ireland10.8%
9 Australia10.6%
10 Norway10.4%
11 New Zealand8.9%
12 United Kingdom8.8%
13 Mexico7.6%
14 France7.4%
15 Belgium7.2%
16 Germany6.7%
17 Hungary6.4%
18 Israel5.7%
19 Spain5.6%
19 United States5.6%
21 Slovenia3.7%
22 Portugal3.3%
23 Latvia3.0%
24 Czech Republic2.6%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.414766 X +6.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 283300.483217 X +24190.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 44.758149 X +76.691
Correlation coefficient (r)0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.540443 X +1.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 14.893094 X +9.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028