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Question: How satisfied are you in 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"=6 "Very satisfied"=5 "Fairly satisfied"=4 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=3 "Fairly dissatisfied"=2 "Very dissatisfied"=1 "Completely dissatisfied"=0)
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States434.7%
2 Sweden425.1%
3 Italy416.8%
4 Germany416.3%
5 Canada412.6%
5 United Kingdom412.6%
7 France408.0%
8 Japan 387.1%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.286015 X -2.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 59430.743574 X -196257.050
Correlation coefficient (r)0.750
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.562

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.284856 X +132.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.818
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.669

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.479227 X -0.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.508214 X +10.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000