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Question: How often do you have to do hard physical work?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland57.4%
2 United States47.6%
3 Latvia36.9%
4 France30.5%
5 Hungary29.8%
6 Sweden29.6%
7 Estonia29.4%
7 Spain29.4%
9 Lithuania28.5%
10 Belgium27.7%
11 New Zealand27.4%
12 Denmark26.9%
12 Finland26.9%
14 Iceland26.7%
14 Mexico26.7%
16 Slovenia26.5%
17 Chile26.3%
18 Switzerland25.9%
19 United Kingdom25.6%
20 Germany24.6%
21 Czech Republic24.2%
22 Slovakia24.0%
23 Australia23.3%
24 Israel20.9%
25 Japan 20.7%
26 Norway20.5%
27 Austria17.8%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.399116 X +7.205
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -57818.531751 X +61111.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -20.185826 X +85.402
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.893058 X +1.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 8.988102 X +8.113
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045