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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark93.4%
2 Switzerland86.5%
3 New Zealand85.4%
4 Netherlands85.2%
5 Germany85.1%
6 Norway84.8%
7 Sweden83.5%
8 United States80.8%
9 United Kingdom79.2%
10 Slovenia76.6%
11 Canada74.7%
12 Hungary73.8%
13 Czech Republic72.9%
14 Portugal72.3%
15 Israel69.3%
16 Spain59.2%
17 Italy57.7%
18 Poland49.1%
19 France48.2%
20 Japan 39.2%

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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.082227 X +5.260
Correlation coefficient (r)0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 91491.614707 X -18373.867
Correlation coefficient (r)0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.152813 X +81.141
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.454013 X +1.284
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.363917 X +7.663
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016