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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria49.1%
2 Mexico40.9%
3 Spain39.4%
3 Switzerland 39.4%
5 Denmark38.9%
6 Germany38.5%
7 Chile35.6%
8 Israel35.0%
9 Iceland32.9%
10 Slovenia32.7%
11 Belgium30.2%
12 Sweden29.3%
13 Latvia29.0%
14 United States28.8%
15 Estonia28.6%
16 Poland28.2%
17 New Zealand27.7%
18 Hungary25.6%
19 Finland24.8%
20 Lithuania23.6%
21 Norway23.1%
22 Slovakia22.9%
23 Czech Republic22.4%
24 France21.1%
25 Australia20.6%
26 United Kingdom19.0%
27 Japan5.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.279024 X +6.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 24317.769603 X +37664.493
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -2.486693 X +80.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.511548 X +1.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -12.783922 X +14.400
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110