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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "I would enjoy having a paid job even if I did not need the money."?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden75.3%
2 Germany71.3%
3 Japan 69.4%
4 United States59.8%
5 United Kingdom55.0%
6 Canada53.4%
7 France52.7%
8 Italy52.2%

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 = 0.873138 X +6.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 33839.685552 X +29186.637
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.330592 X +78.890
Correlation coefficient (r)0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.161682 X +1.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 19.591779 X +0.347
Correlation coefficient (r)0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289