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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In order to avoid unemployment I would be willing to accept a position with lower pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland65.0%
2 Slovenia57.0%
3 Spain56.9%
4 Denmark56.3%
5 United States54.9%
6 Norway54.2%
7 Australia52.1%
8 United Kingdom49.7%
9 New Zealand48.5%
9 Sweden48.5%
11 Germany48.2%
12 Belgium47.3%
13 Israel45.6%
14 Finland44.7%
15 Austria44.3%
16 Latvia44.2%
17 Poland42.8%
18 Lithuania41.6%
19 Czech Republic40.1%
20 France38.5%
21 Slovakia37.8%
22 Iceland37.5%
23 Estonia23.3%
24 Chile19.1%
25 Mexico18.9%
26 Japan 16.1%
27 Hungary8.9%

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 = 1.784228 X +6.056
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 104875.050366 X +2335.738
Correlation coefficient (r)0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 9.081763 X +76.462
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.017772 X +1.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.418022 X +10.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000