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Question: Which of the following statements best describes how your daily work is organized?
Choices: "I am free to decide how my daily work is organized" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits" "I am not free to decide how my daily work is organized"
Data: % of "I am free to decide how my daily work is organized"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines63.4%
2 Georgia49.9%
3 India40.5%
4 United States40.4%
5 Taiwan40.3%
6 Venezuela40.2%
7 Suriname37.2%
8 Mexico36.1%
9 Chile34.2%
10 Switzerland33.8%
11 France33.7%
12 United Kingdom32.4%
13 New Zealand31.9%
14 Spain31.7%
15 Australia30.6%
16 South Africa29.9%
17 Israel29.7%
18 Poland28.9%
19 Latvia28.7%
20 Austria28.1%
21 Denmark 26.6%
22 Sweden26.2%
23 Germany25.6%
23 Slovakia25.6%
25 Belgium24.6%
26 China23.3%
26 Norway23.3%
28 Croatia22.5%
29 Lithuania21.8%
30 Czech Republic21.5%
31 Iceland21.4%
32 Slovenia20.7%
33 Estonia19.9%
34 Finland18.9%
35 Japan18.0%
36 Hungary15.4%
37 Russian Federation11.7%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -2.297032 X +7.182
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -57971.548136 X +54107.899
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -18.410690 X +83.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 2.586508 X +0.902
Correlation coefficient (r)0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -19.130628 X +16.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127