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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "A job is just a way of earning money - no more"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 39.3%
2 United Kingdom35.6%
3 Germany33.9%
4 France26.5%
5 Italy26.4%
6 United States24.4%
7 Canada20.6%
8 Sweden17.9%

Note
Can't choose 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 = -3.455789 X +7.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -73943.414270 X +70634.989
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.378627 X +79.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.671049 X +1.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.856151 X +14.250
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022