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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=7 "Very satisfied"=6 "Fairly satisfied"=5 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=4 "Fairly dissatisfied"=3 "Very dissatisfied"=2 "Completely dissatisfied"=1)
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico5.80
2 Switzerland 5.57
3 Iceland5.53
4 Denmark5.42
5 Austria5.40
6 United States5.39
7 Norway5.37
8 Netherlands5.33
9 Slovenia5.30
10 Canada5.29
10 Chile5.29
12 Belgium5.26
12 Israel5.26
14 Sweden5.24
15 Germany5.22
16 Poland5.21
17 Australia5.19
18 Finland5.18
19 Ireland5.15
19 United Kingdom5.15
21 Portugal5.12
21 Slovakia5.12
23 France5.10
23 Spain5.10
25 Hungary5.07
26 Latvia5.05
27 Turkiye5.00
28 Czech Republic4.99
29 Republic of Korea4.80
30 Lithuania4.73
31 Japan4.56

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.169006 X +0.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 40198.368166 X -163289.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.643462 X +83.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.459132 X -0.781
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -6.350558 X +43.488
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143