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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "A job is just a way of earning money - no more"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines67.8%
2 Bulgaria67.1%
3 Spain62.9%
4 South Africa60.6%
5 Dominican Republic52.5%
6 Mexico51.6%
7 Russian Federation50.6%
8 Czech Republic48.9%
9 Republic of Korea43.1%
10 Taiwan42.8%
11 Portugal42.4%
12 Japan41.5%
13 Slovenia40.7%
14 Latvia39.4%
15 Hungary38.2%
16 Ireland36.3%
17 United Kingdom34.5%
18 Germany32.5%
19 Cyprus31.6%
20 Finland 31.5%
21 France29.4%
22 Australia29.3%
23 Israel28.4%
24 United States25.5%
25 Denmark25.4%
26 New Zealand25.3%
27 Belgium23.0%
28 Canada22.9%
29 Sweden18.8%
30 Switzerland17.5%
31 Norway12.8%

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 = -3.791988 X +8.042
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -140461.508368 X +94673.026
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.799
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.638

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -21.122859 X +87.257
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.653092 X +1.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.403075 X +14.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006