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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 Switzerland5.57
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 Germany 5.22
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 = 1.272726 X +0.130
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 34556.261979 X -134619.512
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.114007 X +79.817
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.432351 X -0.656
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -9.278010 X +61.497
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166