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Question: How satisfied are you in your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=6 "Very satisfied"=5 "Fairly satisfied"=4 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=3 "Fairly dissatisfied"=2 "Very dissatisfied"=1 "Completely dissatisfied"=0)
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark468.9%
2 Switzerland447.8%
3 Israel445.4%
4 Netherlands442.8%
5 Spain439.9%
6 United States434.7%
7 New Zealand426.9%
8 Sweden425.1%
9 Norway422.1%
10 Italy416.8%
10 Portugal416.8%
12 Germany416.3%
13 Czech Republic413.2%
14 Canada412.6%
14 United Kingdom412.6%
16 Poland411.0%
17 France408.0%
18 Slovenia395.3%
19 Japan 387.1%
20 Hungary381.8%

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 = 1.559290 X +0.208
Correlation coefficient (r)0.708
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.501

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 63278.579043 X -216653.278
Correlation coefficient (r)0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.928651 X +68.993
Correlation coefficient (r)0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.420297 X -0.232
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -5.026677 X +30.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146