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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - It is good for the country's economy that people aged 60 and over are employed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
3 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 79.2%
2 Australia72.4%
3 Germany65.3%

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

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -7.092424 X +11.873
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.802
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.643

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -80486.545229 X +109413.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 26.661147 X +63.624
Correlation coefficient (r)0.992
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.984

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -1.351687 X +2.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 21.444835 X -2.138
Correlation coefficient (r)0.889
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.790