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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany38.5%
2 Sweden29.3%
3 United States28.8%
4 France 21.1%
5 Australia20.6%
6 United Kingdom19.0%
7 Japan5.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.273908 X +6.225
Correlation coefficient (r)0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 68953.054133 X +36550.742
Correlation coefficient (r)0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -12.630202 X +84.514
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.806301 X +1.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.544277 X +11.328
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010