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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 "Starting and finishing times are decided by my employer and I cannot change them on my own"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan64.2%
2 France 52.9%
3 United Kingdom52.5%
4 United States47.7%
5 Australia44.6%
6 Germany42.5%
7 Sweden29.6%

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 +8.396
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 +85873.745
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 +80.548
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 +1.991
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 +11.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011