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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "A job is just a way of earning money - no more"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland49.9%
2 Portugal47.4%
3 Spain45.9%
4 Japan39.3%
5 Slovenia39.1%
6 Czech Republic37.2%
7 Israel36.7%
8 United Kingdom35.6%
9 Germany33.9%
10 Hungary30.1%
11 France26.5%
12 Italy26.4%
13 United States24.4%
14 Denmark23.2%
15 New Zealand23.0%
16 Netherlands22.0%
17 Canada20.6%
18 Sweden 17.9%
19 Switzerland16.5%
20 Norway11.6%

Note
Can't choose 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 = -2.652331 X +7.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -173091.191713 X +100823.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.788
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.621

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -8.058977 X +83.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.264372 X +1.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.624711 X +11.396
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066