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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 longer hours and earn more money"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Dominican Republic72.2%
2 Bulgaria68.4%
3 Philippines62.3%
4 Russian Federation61.6%
5 Mexico59.5%
6 South Africa57.0%
7 Latvia50.3%
8 Portugal49.3%
9 Israel41.8%
10 Republic of Korea39.0%
11 Czech Republic36.3%
12 Hungary34.8%
13 France32.9%
14 Tajikistan30.7%
15 Uruguay30.6%
16 Germany30.1%
17 Slovenia29.1%
18 Spain25.7%
19 Japan25.5%
20 New Zealand23.5%
21 Australia22.8%
22 United States20.5%
23 Canada20.3%
23 Ireland20.3%
25 Belgium19.1%
26 Switzerland18.2%
27 Finland 15.3%
28 Syrian Arab Republic14.3%
29 Norway14.2%
30 Cyprus13.4%
31 Denmark9.9%

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 data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.009002 X +7.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -110658.270024 X +76873.982
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -17.205878 X +84.480
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.758450 X +1.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.530997 X +12.276
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002