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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico59.5%
2 Latvia50.3%
3 Portugal49.3%
4 Israel41.8%
5 Republic of Korea39.0%
6 Czech Republic36.3%
7 Hungary34.8%
8 France32.9%
9 Germany30.1%
10 Slovenia29.1%
11 Spain25.7%
12 Japan25.5%
13 New Zealand23.5%
14 Australia22.8%
15 United States20.5%
16 Canada20.3%
16 Ireland20.3%
18 Belgium19.1%
19 Switzerland 18.2%
20 Finland15.3%
21 Norway14.2%
22 Denmark9.9%

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 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.184801 X +7.400
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -148497.379675 X +92572.512
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -17.962171 X +85.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.485929 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.569361 X +11.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007