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Question: Suppose you were working and could choose between different kinds of jobs. Which of the following would you personally choose?
Choices: "Being an employee" "Being self-employed"
Data: % of "Being an employee"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway73.1%
2 Denmark71.3%
3 Russian Federation65.6%
4 Netherlands64.0%
5 Czech Republic63.2%
6 Sweden61.5%
7 Spain61.2%
8 France59.3%
9 Japan 59.1%
10 United Kingdom55.4%
11 Hungary51.3%
12 Israel46.2%
13 Bulgaria42.9%
14 Slovenia42.2%
15 Canada41.7%
16 Germany38.2%
17 Italy36.1%
18 Switzerland36.0%
19 New Zealand35.8%
20 United States29.2%
21 Portugal26.7%
22 Cyprus26.3%
23 Philippines23.0%
24 Poland22.3%
25 Bangladesh19.0%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.258480 X +5.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 56944.047748 X +15101.871
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 8.353319 X +75.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.292628 X +1.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 9.741574 X +4.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150