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Question: Which of the following statements best describes how your working hours are decided?
Choices: "Starting and finishing times are decided by my employer and I cannot change them on my own" "I can decide the time I start and finish work, within certain limits" "I am entirely free to decide when I start and finish work"
Data: % of "I can decide the time I start and finish work, within certain limits" and "I am entirely free to decide when I start and finish work"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela43.9%
2 Mexico 42.4%
3 Suriname40.2%
4 Chile40.1%

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

No data for 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -16.999545 X +13.377
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -159267.522211 X +76335.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -89.684107 X +111.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 5.197433 X -0.202
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -407.798618 X +180.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494