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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My income is high"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada29.5%
2 Italy25.1%
3 United States24.5%
4 Japan 23.1%
5 Germany23.0%
6 Sweden17.0%
7 United Kingdom16.6%
8 France14.8%

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 = -1.301336 X +7.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5246.881960 X +48736.802
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.523385 X +82.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.668151 X +2.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.706
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.498

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.059020 X +13.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004