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Question: How satisfied are you in your (main) job?
Choices: "Completely satisfied" "Very satisfied" "Fairly satisfied" "Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied" "Fairly dissatisfied" "Very dissatisfied" "Completely dissatisfied"
Average of the satisfaction 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 Austria4.79
2 Switzerland4.76
3 Mexico4.75
4 Chile4.58
5 Israel4.54
6 Denmark4.51
6 Spain4.51
8 Iceland4.46
8 United States4.46
10 Finland4.45
11 Norway4.43
12 Germany4.41
13 Latvia4.39
14 United Kingdom4.36
15 New Zealand4.34
16 Slovenia4.31
17 Czech Republic4.28
17 Slovakia4.28
19 Estonia4.24
20 Belgium4.23
21 Sweden4.22
22 Australia4.20
23 Hungary4.16
24 France4.12
25 Lithuania4.01
26 Poland3.84
27 Japan 3.47

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.851615 X +3.141
Correlation coefficient (r)0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 22512.922859 X -53393.158
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.423959 X +78.365
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.289367 X +0.363
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.083424 X +39.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138