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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? - I am willing to work harder than I have to in order to help the firm or organization I work for succeed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States76.8%
2 Canada65.0%
3 United Kingdom61.4%
4 Germany61.0%
5 Japan 58.4%
6 Sweden50.9%
7 Italy33.8%
8 France25.8%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.705204 X +6.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 40822.456507 X +27775.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.439588 X +85.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.128269 X +1.594
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.330378 X +8.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096