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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 the same number of hours and earn the same money"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom70.9%
2 Germany69.1%
3 Sweden66.3%
4 France65.1%
5 Canada61.4%
6 Japan 60.3%
7 Italy59.7%
8 United States57.4%

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 = 3.654718 X +4.489
Correlation coefficient (r)0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17560.660235 X +61074.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.930185 X +78.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.472737 X +0.586
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20.925932 X +25.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086