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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom70.7%
2 Sweden68.3%
3 Canada67.2%
4 Australia66.6%
5 United States63.8%
6 Germany63.2%
7 France59.7%
8 Japan 59.6%
9 Republic of Korea46.9%

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 = 5.876467 X +3.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.838
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.702

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 100909.197419 X -12142.895
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9.861239 X +88.046
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.839434 X -0.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -73.612114 X +61.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.911
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.830