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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark16.0%
2 Switzerland15.5%
3 Japan14.9%
4 Finland14.3%
5 Republic of Korea14.1%
6 Sweden13.5%
6 Taiwan13.5%
8 Canada12.6%
9 Cyprus12.5%
10 Ireland10.8%
11 Australia10.6%
12 Norway10.4%
13 New Zealand8.9%
14 United Kingdom8.8%
15 Mexico7.6%
16 France7.4%
17 Belgium7.2%
18 Germany6.7%
19 Hungary6.4%
20 Israel5.7%
21 Spain5.6%
21 United States5.6%
23 Dominican Republic5.2%
24 Philippines3.9%
25 Slovenia3.7%
26 Portugal3.3%
27 South Africa3.2%
28 Latvia3.0%
29 Czech Republic 2.6%
30 Russian Federation1.9%
31 Bulgaria0.4%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 8.536311 X +5.901
Correlation coefficient (r)0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 340285.279538 X +13363.621
Correlation coefficient (r)0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 68.338408 X +73.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.482686 X +1.938
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.480797 X +13.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000