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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 longer hours and earn more money"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland55.9%
2 Portugal45.1%
3 Israel43.5%
4 Hungary38.1%
5 Czech Republic37.6%
6 Slovenia36.1%
7 Italy33.3%
8 United States32.5%
9 Spain29.9%
10 New Zealand29.5%
11 Canada28.9%
12 Japan23.6%
13 United Kingdom22.8%
14 Germany21.9%
15 France20.0%
16 Netherlands19.2%
17 Sweden 17.2%
18 Switzerland13.4%
19 Norway11.6%
20 Denmark10.8%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 = -2.052135 X +7.363
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -138212.824314 X +87726.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.697
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.486

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -13.428643 X +84.863
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.569
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.324

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.329356 X +1.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.306731 X +10.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010