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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark93.4%
2 Switzerland89.9%
3 Canada85.9%
4 Germany85.8%
5 Norway85.2%
6 New Zealand84.8%
7 Australia81.5%
8 United Kingdom80.6%
9 Finland80.1%
10 United States80.0%
11 Sweden79.1%
12 Belgium78.2%
13 Ireland76.4%
14 Slovenia75.9%
15 Mexico73.5%
16 Czech Republic69.4%
17 Hungary69.1%
18 Israel68.1%
19 France67.0%
20 Portugal62.1%
21 Republic of Korea58.2%
22 Spain51.1%
23 Latvia42.9%
24 Japan 39.9%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.463765 X +4.985
Correlation coefficient (r)0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 106177.013273 X -28185.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.017107 X +77.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.535739 X +1.223
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.603251 X +14.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044