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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 82.0%
2 Canada79.9%
3 Germany77.3%
4 Australia76.3%
4 United States76.3%
6 Republic of Korea75.9%
7 Japan68.5%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.336735 X +2.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 98468.638832 X -24916.692
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -15.296761 X +93.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.372028 X -1.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -27.769144 X +33.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074