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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job gives me a chance to improve my skills."
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Uruguay82.4%
2 Philippines78.0%
3 New Zealand77.7%
4 Mexico77.6%
5 Tajikistan76.9%
6 Syrian Arab Republic76.7%
7 Norway76.3%
8 Germany74.6%
9 Denmark74.5%
10 Canada74.1%
11 Dominican Republic72.9%
11 Ireland72.9%
13 Australia72.6%
14 Finland 72.4%
15 Slovenia71.0%
16 Belgium66.9%
17 Israel65.8%
18 United States65.3%
19 Latvia65.1%
20 Bulgaria65.0%
20 France65.0%
22 Switzerland62.6%
23 Cyprus61.5%
24 South Africa60.7%
25 Japan60.0%
26 Portugal59.1%
27 Czech Republic53.7%
28 Spain53.3%
29 Russian Federation52.2%
30 Hungary48.7%
31 Republic of Korea41.1%

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 = 2.271117 X +5.012
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 41397.767147 X +11114.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.989063 X +79.990
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 2.519640 X +0.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -32.140579 X +34.324
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223