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Question: How satisfied are you in your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average of the satisfaction score (as "Completely satisfied"=6 "Very satisfied"=5 "Fairly satisfied"=4 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=3 "Fairly dissatisfied"=2 "Very dissatisfied"=1 "Completely dissatisfied"=0)
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico4.87
2 Switzerland4.71
3 Philippines4.64
4 Ireland4.63
5 Cyprus4.52
6 Denmark4.51
7 United States4.47
8 Germany4.42
8 Israel4.42
10 Dominican Republic4.37
11 Canada4.31
11 Finland 4.31
13 Portugal4.29
14 Norway4.28
15 United Kingdom4.27
16 Netherlands4.26
17 New Zealand4.24
17 Spain4.24
19 Bulgaria4.22
20 Australia4.18
21 Hungary4.16
21 South Africa4.16
21 Sweden4.16
24 Czech Republic4.09
25 Slovenia4.07
26 Russian Federation4.02
27 Taiwan3.99
28 France3.97
29 Belgium3.96
30 Japan3.95
31 Latvia3.89

Note
Those who do not work, 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 = 0.578272 X +4.180
Correlation coefficient (r)0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 24989.896810 X -64675.726
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.181002 X +78.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.420076 X -0.120
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -14.651542 X +75.298
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394