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Question: How important do you personally think working independently is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany88.0%
2 Canada84.2%
3 Sweden80.8%
4 United States79.4%
5 Australia78.5%
6 United Kingdom72.4%
7 Republic of Korea70.8%
8 France 60.9%
9 Japan36.3%

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 = 1.800047 X +5.389
Correlation coefficient (r)0.673
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.453

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 53906.008624 X +11570.130
Correlation coefficient (r)0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.295536 X +86.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.441004 X +1.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.933798 X +13.975
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012