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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 14.9%
2 Republic of Korea14.1%
3 Sweden13.5%
4 Canada12.6%
5 Australia10.6%
6 United Kingdom8.8%
7 France7.4%
8 Germany6.7%
9 United States5.6%

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 = -6.052407 X +7.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -146836.539788 X +66686.669
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 47.148669 X +76.910
Correlation coefficient (r)0.787
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.619

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.893463 X +1.999
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 65.166874 X +7.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157