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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - In order to avoid unemployment I would be willing to accept a job that requires new skills.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark91.5%
2 Iceland89.7%
3 Spain89.6%
4 Switzerland89.4%
5 United Kingdom88.8%
6 Germany88.3%
7 Slovenia88.2%
8 Finland87.6%
9 Australia87.4%
10 United States87.3%
11 Belgium86.9%
12 Mexico86.7%
13 Norway86.2%
14 France86.1%
15 New Zealand85.2%
16 Sweden84.7%
17 Latvia83.8%
18 Czech Republic83.2%
19 Austria82.0%
20 Lithuania80.9%
21 Poland80.0%
22 Israel79.8%
23 Slovakia79.1%
24 Estonia72.7%
25 Chile70.4%
26 Japan 53.3%
27 Hungary46.3%

Note
% among those who work currently. 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 = 3.010700 X +4.365
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 90773.888290 X -30225.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 5.757129 X +75.481
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.180728 X +1.470
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.498544 X +18.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023