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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden70.4%
2 Japan65.3%
3 France 61.5%
4 Germany56.3%
5 United Kingdom54.8%
6 Australia48.0%
7 Canada46.7%
8 United States38.0%
9 Republic of Korea34.5%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.951680 X +6.188
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -29266.281041 X +66042.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.046673 X +77.660
Correlation coefficient (r)0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.150707 X +0.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -19.215922 X +22.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311