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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job is interesting"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany82.6%
2 Sweden75.5%
3 Canada75.2%
4 France74.4%
5 United States74.0%
6 Italy73.1%
7 United Kingdom70.9%
8 Japan 57.3%

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 = 4.440903 X +3.583
Correlation coefficient (r)0.767
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.588

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 61894.949509 X +4769.431
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.009314 X +92.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.967801 X +0.820
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.729800 X +17.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026