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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:
1 Sweden70.4%
2 Germany57.5%
3 Australia55.4%
4 United States52.3%
5 United Kingdom47.5%
6 France 47.1%
7 Japan35.8%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.446764 X +4.950
Correlation coefficient (r)0.929
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.863

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 69865.334199 X +16008.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.174727 X +82.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.789473 X +1.202
Correlation coefficient (r)0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.575903 X +9.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011