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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.1%
2 Switzerland88.2%
3 Germany88.0%
4 Portugal85.6%
5 Mexico85.4%
5 Slovenia85.4%
7 Israel84.7%
8 Canada84.2%
9 Ireland82.8%
9 New Zealand82.8%
11 Spain81.8%
12 Norway81.5%
13 Sweden80.8%
14 United States79.4%
15 Australia78.5%
16 Finland77.3%
17 Belgium75.8%
18 Hungary72.8%
19 United Kingdom72.4%
20 Republic of Korea70.8%
21 Latvia64.0%
22 Czech Republic60.9%
22 France60.9%
24 Japan 36.3%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.863415 X +5.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 72644.219254 X -6385.216
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.441392 X +80.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.602606 X +1.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10.486358 X +18.698
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110