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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany57.5%
4 United States52.3%
5 United Kingdom47.5%
6 France47.1%
7 Japan35.8%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.162377 X +5.053
Correlation coefficient (r)0.872
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.760

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 140357.689690 X -14774.834
Correlation coefficient (r)0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -21.890563 X +91.796
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.149510 X +0.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -8.721659 X +14.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052