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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job gives me a chance to improve my skills."
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany74.6%
2 Canada74.1%
3 Australia72.6%
4 United States65.3%
5 France65.0%
6 Japan 60.0%
7 Republic of Korea41.1%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.782953 X +4.248
Correlation coefficient (r)0.880
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.774

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 66791.561457 X +7466.086
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.310711 X +85.981
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.990921 X +0.164
Correlation coefficient (r)0.746
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.557

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -48.109149 X +46.884
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.962
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.925