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Question: If you had only one of these three choices, which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "Work longer hours and earn more money" "Work the same number of hours and earn the same money" "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Data: % of "Work fewer hours and earn less money"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France13.7%
2 Japan 12.8%
3 Sweden12.1%
4 Italy10.2%
5 Germany9.0%
6 Canada8.6%
7 United Kingdom8.5%
8 United States7.9%

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 = -7.449162 X +7.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -203011.698440 X +70887.086
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 67.172155 X +74.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.722
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.521

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.059503 X +1.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 49.451184 X +7.207
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103