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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 Denmark26.6%
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 Japan 18.0%
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 = -59126.988744 X +53001.497
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -19.921461 X +83.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 2.263808 X +1.070
Correlation coefficient (r)0.563
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.317

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