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Question: Now think of the type of work you do, irrespective of the firm or organization you work for. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - Given the chance, I would change my present type of work for something different.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India63.3%
2 China58.0%
3 South Africa57.4%
4 Venezuela56.9%
5 Taiwan52.0%
6 Georgia51.7%
7 Philippines48.2%
8 Poland46.9%
9 Russian Federation46.0%
10 Croatia45.4%
11 Lithuania44.6%
12 France44.3%
13 Latvia43.7%
14 Mexico41.7%
15 Slovakia40.9%
16 Slovenia40.2%
17 United States40.1%
18 Australia39.6%
19 Spain39.1%
20 Suriname38.2%
21 Israel38.0%
22 Denmark37.2%
23 Iceland36.7%
24 Chile36.6%
25 Czech Republic36.1%
26 New Zealand34.1%
26 United Kingdom34.1%
28 Belgium33.4%
29 Sweden32.2%
30 Finland 29.4%
31 Japan28.4%
32 Hungary27.8%
33 Estonia27.5%
34 Germany26.6%
35 Austria25.2%
35 Switzerland25.2%
37 Norway24.5%

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 = -6.544256 X +9.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -166666.680472 X +101242.816
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -33.941955 X +91.578
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.778157 X +1.023
Correlation coefficient (r)0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -5.227576 X +15.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008