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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India75.0%
2 Philippines73.8%
3 Venezuela70.8%
4 China63.0%
5 South Africa61.8%
6 Taiwan56.6%
7 Russian Federation53.4%
8 Hungary53.2%
9 Lithuania52.4%
10 Mexico50.9%
10 Suriname50.9%
12 Czech Republic48.5%
13 Latvia47.3%
14 Poland46.9%
15 Georgia46.1%
16 Croatia45.6%
17 Japan44.2%
18 Chile43.9%
19 Estonia43.8%
20 Slovakia43.2%
21 Austria35.3%
22 Slovenia34.7%
23 Spain33.4%
24 Germany32.7%
25 Finland 30.9%
26 France30.6%
27 United Kingdom30.2%
28 Denmark28.5%
29 Israel27.6%
30 United States27.5%
31 Belgium25.5%
32 Switzerland22.6%
33 New Zealand21.0%
34 Australia20.3%
35 Sweden16.8%
36 Iceland11.9%
37 Norway8.5%

Note
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 = -4.372397 X +8.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.838
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.702

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -131417.547015 X +88580.244
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.877
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.769

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -23.260045 X +87.583
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.823
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.677

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.881395 X +1.368
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.765789 X +13.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000