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Teacher Job Satisfaction: Perceptions of being a teacher

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Table 17. Percentage of lower secondary education teachers who "agree" or "strongly agree" with specific statements about job satisfaction, by statement and education system: 2013 (NOTE: this is a 2-part table. See Part 1 | Part 2)
Education system The advantages of being a teacher clearly outweigh the disadvantages If I could decide again, I would still choose to work as a teacher I would like to change to another school if that were possible I regret that I decided to become a teacher I enjoy working at this school
Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.) Percent (S.E.)
Australia 88.6 (0.83) 81.1 (1.04) 23.0 (1.67) 7.2 (0.64) 91.7 (1.12)
Brazil 60.5 (0.91) 69.7 (0.88) 15.0 (0.69) 13.5 (0.61) 93.7 (0.40)
Bulgaria 62.8 (1.32) 70.2 (1.20) 19.8 (1.16) 14.6 (1.03) 90.6 (0.88)
Chile 78.9 (1.43) 83.8 (1.19) 34.0 (1.88) 13.9 (1.55) 88.2 (1.09)
Croatia 71.9 (0.82) 80.4 (0.74) 16.0 (1.04) 5.7 (0.41) 85.5 (0.76)
Cyprus 86.9 (0.84) 85.3 (0.81) 23.2 (1.13) 7.1 (0.62) 84.8 (0.95)
Czech Republic 53.0 (1.11) 73.3 (0.85) 10.5 (0.76) 8.2 (0.57) 88.8 (0.80)
Denmark 89.2 (0.85) 78.3 (1.39) 11.2 (1.05) 5.2 (0.73) 94.9 (0.67)
Estonia 69.3 (1.11) 70.3 (0.84) 15.7 (1.10) 10.2 (0.74) 80.7 (0.95)
Finland 95.3 (0.39) 85.3 (0.83) 16.2 (1.05) 5.0 (0.37) 90.8 (0.80)
France 58.5 (1.05) 76.1 (0.85) 26.7 (1.15) 9.4 (0.52) 90.6 (0.66)
Iceland 91.4 (0.85) 70.4 (1.35) 18.3 (1.17) 11.6 (0.94) 94.2 (0.75)
Israel 85.8 (0.67) 82.9 (0.75) 14.3 (0.94) 9.1 (0.57) 91.8 (0.62)
Italy 62.1 (1.02) 86.3 (0.76) 16.4 (1.05) 7.4 (0.55) 90.6 (0.71)
Japan 74.4 (0.93) 58.1 (1.07) 30.3 (1.23) 7.0 (0.47) 78.1 (1.00)
Korea, Republic of 85.8 (0.76) 63.4 (1.02) 31.2 (1.16) 20.1 (0.80) 74.4 (1.15)
Latvia 60.7 (1.48) 67.6 (1.43) 15.7 (1.09) 12.0 (0.81) 92.4 (0.78)
Malaysia 98.3 (0.23) 92.8 (0.59) 41.3 (1.28) 5.4 (0.45) 94.2 (0.52)
Mexico 80.3 (0.93) 95.5 (0.42) 28.6 (1.33) 3.1 (0.36) 94.4 (0.55)
Netherlands 87.0 (1.03) 81.9 (1.13) 17.2 (1.61) 4.9 (0.80) 93.5 (0.99)
Norway 91.2 (1.06) 76.7 (1.42) 11.6 (1.04) 8.3 (0.58) 96.8 (0.38)
Poland 76.4 (1.00) 79.9 (0.87) 17.1 (0.99) 10.3 (0.56) 90.3 (0.65)
Portugal 70.5 (0.93) 71.6 (0.87) 24.0 (1.11) 16.2 (0.75) 92.8 (0.56)
Romania 64.3 (1.48) 78.5 (1.19) 15.3 (0.85) 10.9 (0.91) 91.3 (0.72)
Serbia 81.4 (0.80) 81.4 (0.72) 21.3 (1.04) 7.0 (0.55) 85.1 (0.83)
Singapore 83.6 (0.63) 82.1 (0.73) 35.1 (0.84) 10.7 (0.54) 85.9 (0.58)
Slovak Republic 58.0 (1.18) 71.5 (0.92) 12.7 (0.89) 13.8 (0.70) 90.5 (0.77)
Spain 79.5 (0.95) 88.2 (0.61) 20.1 (1.17) 6.3 (0.49) 89.4 (0.62)
Sweden 71.2 (1.02) 53.4 (1.11) 21.5 (0.97) 17.8 (0.81) 91.6 (0.64)
Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates 80.1 (1.42) 77.5 (1.44) 30.7 (1.30) 11.7 (0.82) 86.8 (1.03)
Alberta-Canada 89.7 (0.79) 82.9 (0.94) 23.1 (1.31) 5.6 (0.53) 95.0 (0.84)
Belgium-Flemish 84.6 (0.87) 85.4 (0.81) 12.8 (0.86) 5.1 (0.56) 94.5 (0.53)
England-United Kingdom 83.6 (0.74) 79.5 (0.91) 31.0 (1.29) 7.9 (0.54) 87.2 (0.79)
International average1 77.4 (0.17) 77.6 (0.17) 21.2 (0.20) 9.5 (0.12) 89.7 (0.14)
United States 87.1 (1.31) 84.0 (1.34) 20.4 (1.49) 6.0 (0.99) 91.2 (1.03)
See notes at end of table.