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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway80.4%
2 Switzerland78.7%
3 Denmark74.4%
4 Germany73.5%
5 Australia72.8%
5 Sweden72.8%
7 Iceland72.7%
8 New Zealand71.6%
9 United States69.8%
10 United Kingdom67.6%
11 Israel65.6%
12 Belgium63.1%
13 Mexico62.2%
14 Japan 60.9%
15 Poland59.1%
16 France59.0%
17 Lithuania56.9%
18 Czech Republic56.5%
19 Slovenia55.6%
20 Slovakia52.2%
21 Latvia51.7%
22 Spain51.1%
23 Austria48.5%
24 Estonia43.2%
25 Chile43.0%
26 Hungary40.6%
27 Finland40.4%

Note
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 = 2.471777 X +5.330
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 136306.307326 X -38744.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 10.800659 X +73.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.433757 X +1.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -7.856614 X +18.158
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042