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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Georgia63.1%
2 Mexico60.8%
3 Lithuania60.2%
4 Russian Federation59.1%
5 South Africa58.6%
6 Suriname57.7%
7 Croatia53.5%
8 Philippines50.4%
9 Slovakia48.5%
10 India46.3%
11 Poland45.1%
12 Estonia44.0%
13 France42.3%
14 China42.1%
15 Latvia41.3%
16 Hungary40.2%
17 United States38.1%
18 Israel36.1%
19 Chile34.4%
20 Japan32.7%
21 Czech Republic30.9%
22 Slovenia30.4%
23 Taiwan30.1%
24 Spain29.4%
25 Iceland28.6%
26 United Kingdom26.4%
27 New Zealand24.9%
28 Austria24.8%
29 Belgium24.3%
30 Australia23.5%
31 Germany22.3%
32 Denmark18.2%
33 Finland 16.7%
34 Switzerland16.5%
35 Norway15.7%
36 Sweden14.7%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -4.448736 X +8.136
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.749
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.561

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -138663.617661 X +87198.853
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.816
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.666

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -25.448337 X +87.837
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.801
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.642

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.046515 X +1.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 9.058022 X +10.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055