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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "In my job I can help other people"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States87.8%
2 Ireland83.4%
3 New Zealand81.7%
4 Canada81.6%
4 Switzerland 81.6%
6 Mexico80.2%
7 Israel76.4%
8 United Kingdom76.3%
9 Slovenia75.6%
10 Australia75.4%
11 Denmark75.2%
12 Portugal73.0%
13 Hungary72.4%
14 Norway70.7%
15 Latvia68.9%
16 Sweden67.4%
17 France67.1%
18 Finland66.3%
19 Germany62.1%
20 Belgium59.6%
21 Republic of Korea58.5%
22 Czech Republic56.7%
23 Spain52.0%
24 Japan51.7%

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 = 1.453402 X +5.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 106222.804107 X -25718.760
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.300914 X +86.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.294835 X +0.697
Correlation coefficient (r)0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.742564 X +15.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032