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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In order to avoid unemployment I would be willing to accept a job that requires new skills.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark91.5%
2 Croatia90.0%
2 India90.0%
4 Iceland89.7%
5 Spain89.6%
6 Switzerland89.4%
7 United Kingdom88.8%
8 Germany88.3%
9 Slovenia88.2%
10 Finland 87.6%
11 Australia87.4%
12 United States87.3%
13 Belgium86.9%
14 Mexico86.7%
15 Norway86.2%
16 France86.1%
17 New Zealand85.2%
18 Sweden84.7%
19 Latvia83.8%
20 Czech Republic83.2%
21 Austria82.0%
22 Venezuela81.0%
23 Lithuania80.9%
24 Poland80.0%
25 Israel79.8%
26 Slovakia79.1%
27 South Africa77.9%
28 Philippines76.8%
29 Taiwan74.5%
30 Suriname74.4%
31 Estonia72.7%
32 Chile70.4%
32 China70.4%
34 Russian Federation67.6%
35 Georgia67.2%
36 Japan53.3%
37 Hungary46.3%

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 = 3.290177 X +3.812
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 103679.519711 X -48668.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 11.532542 X +68.874
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.181122 X +1.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -7.517681 X +19.572
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017