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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia45.7%
2 Poland45.2%
3 France45.1%
4 Portugal44.4%
5 Czech Republic42.7%
6 Israel41.2%
7 Spain39.8%
8 Italy39.6%
8 United States39.6%
10 Canada39.3%
11 United Kingdom36.5%
12 New Zealand36.4%
13 Netherlands33.3%
14 Sweden33.1%
15 Japan 32.2%
16 Germany31.9%
17 Hungary30.1%
18 Denmark28.4%
19 Switzerland27.8%
20 Norway27.1%

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.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.689140 X +7.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -233550.828535 X +134616.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -11.017899 X +85.103
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.655012 X +1.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.181827 X +10.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008