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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela4.91
2 Austria4.79
3 Switzerland4.76
4 Mexico4.75
5 Chile4.58
6 Philippines4.56
7 India4.54
7 Israel4.54
9 Denmark4.51
9 Spain4.51
11 Iceland4.46
11 United States4.46
13 Finland 4.45
14 Norway4.43
15 Germany4.41
16 Latvia4.39
17 United Kingdom4.36
18 Suriname4.35
19 New Zealand4.34
20 Slovenia4.31
21 Croatia4.30
22 Czech Republic4.28
22 Slovakia4.28
24 South Africa4.27
25 Russian Federation4.25
26 Estonia4.24
26 Taiwan4.24
28 Belgium4.23
29 Sweden4.22
30 Australia4.20
31 Hungary4.16
32 France4.12
33 Georgia4.05
34 Lithuania4.01
35 Poland3.84
36 China3.66
37 Japan3.47

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.457778 X +4.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 13637.597169 X -24085.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.801832 X +81.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.352107 X +0.198
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -6.096167 X +39.909
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090