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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "I can work independently"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany85.1%
2 Sweden83.5%
3 United States80.8%
4 United Kingdom79.2%
5 Canada74.7%
6 Italy57.7%
7 France 48.2%
8 Japan39.2%

Note
Those who do not work/ 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 = 1.675006 X +5.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.779
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.607

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 53809.875090 X +12122.581
Correlation coefficient (r)0.687
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.472

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.548883 X +86.825
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.360450 X +1.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.542373 X +8.766
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007