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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden61.5%
2 France 59.3%
3 Japan59.1%
4 United Kingdom55.4%
5 Canada41.7%
6 Germany38.2%
7 Italy36.1%
8 United States29.2%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.305071 X +6.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -48747.380352 X +72194.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 12.534029 X +75.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.357559 X +1.365
Correlation coefficient (r)0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.389645 X +8.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008