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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job is interesting"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland91.2%
2 Denmark85.3%
2 United States85.3%
4 Ireland83.5%
5 Germany82.9%
6 Canada79.3%
7 New Zealand79.1%
8 Norway78.2%
9 Mexico77.3%
10 France76.7%
11 Portugal74.7%
12 Belgium74.6%
13 Australia74.5%
13 Slovenia74.5%
15 Finland74.4%
16 Sweden73.9%
17 United Kingdom73.3%
18 Israel65.7%
19 Hungary61.0%
20 Czech Republic59.9%
21 Japan 58.6%
22 Latvia56.4%
23 Spain55.2%
24 Republic of Korea42.6%

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 = 2.332652 X +5.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 136189.911609 X -49036.661
Correlation coefficient (r)0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.585293 X +78.832
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.827572 X +1.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -11.920287 X +19.250
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134