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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden68.9%
2 Germany68.8%
3 Republic of Korea67.3%
4 Japan 65.3%
5 United States63.8%
6 Australia61.9%
7 Canada59.0%
8 France58.5%
9 United Kingdom55.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.289290 X +7.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3504.919718 X +49100.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.320981 X +77.846
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.955221 X +2.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 63.442946 X -25.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280