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Question: If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "Work longer hours and earn more money" "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money" "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Data: % of "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway75.4%
2 Denmark74.1%
3 Belgium73.8%
4 United Kingdom70.7%
5 Finland70.4%
6 Switzerland70.2%
7 Ireland68.9%
8 Spain68.7%
9 Sweden68.3%
10 New Zealand67.6%
11 Canada67.2%
11 Slovenia67.2%
13 Australia66.6%
14 United States63.8%
15 Germany63.2%
16 Czech Republic61.1%
17 France59.7%
18 Japan 59.6%
19 Hungary58.7%
20 Israel52.5%
21 Portugal47.4%
22 Republic of Korea46.9%
23 Latvia46.6%
24 Mexico32.9%

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 = 2.546314 X +5.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 153595.174846 X -46499.773
Correlation coefficient (r)0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 20.500271 X +67.879
Correlation coefficient (r)0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.277121 X +1.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.098056 X +11.304
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001