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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job is useful to society"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela90.9%
2 Taiwan85.9%
3 Philippines85.2%
4 Latvia84.9%
5 Switzerland83.4%
6 Georgia83.2%
7 Suriname81.5%
8 Chile81.2%
9 United States80.3%
10 Mexico79.7%
11 Norway79.6%
12 South Africa78.7%
13 Austria78.4%
14 Slovakia77.7%
15 Spain77.3%
16 Iceland76.9%
17 Slovenia75.6%
18 China75.1%
19 Denmark74.9%
20 Czech Republic74.4%
21 New Zealand74.2%
22 Sweden72.9%
23 Australia72.3%
24 Israel71.6%
25 Estonia71.4%
26 Hungary70.9%
27 Finland 70.8%
27 Germany70.8%
29 France70.6%
30 Russian Federation70.4%
31 United Kingdom69.1%
32 Belgium68.2%
33 Croatia66.2%
34 Lithuania65.0%
35 India64.2%
36 Poland61.4%
37 Japan58.8%

Note
% among those who work currently. 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 = -0.248869 X +6.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -20027.014994 X +49985.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -15.584207 X +89.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.803910 X +0.377
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -23.230292 X +30.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076