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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:
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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.803030 X +6.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -80876.233626 X +87590.598
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.273064 X +75.921
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.229553 X +1.370
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.548560 X +10.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003