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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "My job is interesting"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland89.4%
2 Denmark86.4%
3 Germany82.6%
4 Portugal80.6%
5 New Zealand79.4%
6 Netherlands75.9%
7 Slovenia75.5%
7 Sweden75.5%
9 Canada75.2%
10 Norway74.5%
11 France74.4%
12 United States74.0%
13 Italy73.1%
14 United Kingdom70.9%
15 Israel67.2%
16 Hungary65.3%
17 Czech Republic64.4%
18 Spain64.0%
19 Poland59.1%
20 Japan 57.3%

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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 3.727174 X +4.135
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 152204.118888 X -63744.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 7.620042 X +75.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.098456 X +1.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 3.935456 X +9.258
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009