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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "I would enjoy having a paid job even if I did not need the money."?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark78.2%
2 Sweden75.3%
3 Norway73.8%
4 Germany71.3%
5 Poland70.7%
6 Israel70.2%
7 Switzerland69.8%
8 Japan 69.4%
9 New Zealand67.6%
10 Portugal63.2%
11 United States59.8%
12 Hungary56.8%
13 United Kingdom55.0%
14 Canada53.4%
15 France52.7%
16 Italy52.2%
17 Spain51.8%
18 Netherlands51.7%
19 Czech Republic46.9%
20 Slovenia43.0%

Note
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 = 1.529029 X +5.825
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.559662 X +5.816
Correlation coefficient (r)0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 81499.693825 X +1578.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.975255 X +79.976
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.466917 X +1.192
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.630424 X +9.390
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001