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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain62.9%
2 Mexico51.6%
3 Czech Republic48.9%
4 Republic of Korea43.1%
5 Portugal42.4%
6 Japan41.5%
7 Slovenia40.7%
8 Latvia39.4%
9 Hungary38.2%
10 Ireland36.3%
11 United Kingdom34.5%
12 Germany32.5%
13 Finland31.5%
14 France29.4%
15 Australia29.3%
16 Israel28.4%
17 United States25.5%
18 Denmark25.4%
19 New Zealand25.3%
20 Belgium23.0%
21 Canada22.9%
22 Sweden 18.8%
23 Switzerland17.5%
24 Norway12.8%

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 = -2.442934 X +7.606
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -154293.365912 X +101140.050
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -11.341583 X +84.493
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.725303 X +1.858
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.501373 X +12.121
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020