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Question: How much do you agree or disagree, thinking of work in general, with the statement "I would enjoy having a paid job even if I did not need the money."?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway75.8%
2 Denmark75.4%
3 Switzerland73.6%
4 New Zealand70.5%
5 Sweden68.9%
6 Germany68.8%
7 Republic of Korea67.3%
8 Mexico66.6%
9 Israel66.3%
10 Ireland65.6%
11 Japan 65.3%
12 United States63.8%
13 Australia61.9%
14 Canada59.0%
15 France58.5%
16 Hungary56.8%
17 Portugal56.1%
18 United Kingdom55.8%
19 Belgium53.0%
20 Latvia48.6%
21 Slovenia45.5%
22 Czech Republic44.0%
23 Spain40.7%
24 Finland36.0%

Note
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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.011787 X +6.240
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 108396.503456 X -16179.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.523226 X +77.013
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.530125 X +1.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.094761 X +17.112
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017