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Question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average score (as "Completely satisfied"=6 "Very satisfied"=5 "Fairly satisfied"=4 "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied"=3 "Fairly dissatisfied"=2 "Very dissatisfied"=1 "Completely dissatisfied"=0)
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico4.78
2 Switzerland4.60
3 Austria4.47
4 Ireland4.45
5 Denmark4.43
6 United States4.32
7 Belgium4.22
8 Germany4.21
9 Norway4.20
10 New Zealand4.19
11 Sweden4.18
12 Chile4.17
13 Portugal4.16
14 Netherlands4.15
14 Slovenia4.15
16 Israel4.13
17 Hungary4.12
18 Finland4.11
19 Australia4.09
20 France4.07
20 United Kingdom4.07
22 Spain4.05
23 Slovakia3.96
24 Poland3.94
25 Czech Republic3.93
25 Japan 3.93
27 Latvia3.80

Note
Those who do not work, 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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.762931 X +3.650
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 45611.737571 X -144156.442
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.805483 X +77.144
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.255828 X +0.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.752332 X +32.502
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072