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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada85.9%
2 Germany85.8%
3 Australia81.5%
4 United Kingdom80.6%
5 United States80.0%
6 Sweden79.1%
7 France 67.0%
8 Republic of Korea58.2%
9 Japan39.9%

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 = 2.191549 X +5.089
Correlation coefficient (r)0.802
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.643

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 63394.040794 X +4232.024
Correlation coefficient (r)0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.438084 X +87.349
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.016419 X +0.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -11.801854 X +20.481
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190