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Question: Suppose you were working and could choose between different kinds of jobs. Which of the following would you personally choose?
Choices: "Being an employee" "Being self-employed"
Data: % of "Being an employee"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway73.1%
2 Denmark71.3%
3 Netherlands64.0%
4 Czech Republic63.2%
5 Sweden61.5%
6 Spain61.2%
7 France59.3%
8 Japan59.1%
9 United Kingdom55.4%
10 Hungary51.3%
11 Israel46.2%
12 Slovenia42.2%
13 Canada41.7%
14 Germany38.2%
15 Italy36.1%
16 Switzerland 36.0%
17 New Zealand35.8%
18 United States29.2%
19 Portugal26.7%
20 Poland22.3%

Note
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 = 1.252598 X +6.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 38406.287843 X +29573.178
Correlation coefficient (r)0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 5.635021 X +78.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.301921 X +1.467
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.828510 X +9.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002