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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" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark86.8%
2 Philippines86.6%
3 Syrian Arab Republic86.5%
4 Switzerland85.0%
5 Finland82.6%
5 New Zealand82.6%
7 France82.0%
8 Canada79.9%
9 Uruguay79.7%
10 Germany77.3%
11 Norway76.9%
12 Tajikistan76.6%
13 Australia76.3%
13 United States76.3%
15 Republic of Korea75.9%
16 Belgium75.8%
17 Slovenia73.6%
18 Ireland73.2%
19 Dominican Republic72.9%
20 Mexico72.2%
21 Czech Republic68.5%
21 Japan 68.5%
23 Israel66.9%
24 Spain66.0%
25 Portugal64.7%
26 Hungary62.6%
27 Latvia56.6%
28 Bulgaria54.1%
29 Russian Federation47.6%
30 Cyprus46.9%
31 South Africa45.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 3.278547 X +4.173
Correlation coefficient (r)0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 104087.925259 X -34525.184
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 19.373291 X +64.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.650679 X +1.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -13.369361 X +20.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079