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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden69.6%
2 Germany68.3%
3 Australia66.0%
4 United Kingdom64.4%
5 United States57.4%
6 Japan 56.7%
7 France53.1%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.768355 X +3.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 55437.127478 X +19078.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.967149 X +80.419
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.404750 X +1.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.027122 X +23.200
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142