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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - It is good for the country's economy that people aged 60 and over are employed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
14 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland85.2%
2 Japan 79.2%
3 Australia72.4%
4 Switzerland68.1%
5 Germany65.3%
6 Chile63.1%
7 New Zealand60.0%
8 Estonia58.1%
9 Latvia54.8%
10 Finland52.4%
11 Austria48.4%
11 Lithuania48.4%
13 Hungary26.1%
14 Poland17.9%

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

No data for 24 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 0.948272 X +6.202
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 72681.058578 X +3640.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 11.533504 X +73.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 0.243704 X +1.303
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -1.657923 X +12.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009