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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela76.4%
2 Austria49.1%
3 Suriname43.7%
4 Georgia41.9%
5 Mexico40.9%
6 Philippines39.5%
7 Spain39.4%
7 Switzerland39.4%
9 Denmark38.9%
10 Germany38.5%
11 Chile35.6%
12 Israel35.0%
13 India 34.3%
14 Iceland32.9%
15 Slovenia32.7%
16 South Africa31.5%
17 Belgium30.2%
18 Sweden29.3%
19 Latvia29.0%
20 United States28.8%
21 Estonia28.6%
22 Poland28.2%
23 New Zealand27.7%
24 Russian Federation27.3%
25 Hungary25.6%
26 Finland24.8%
27 Lithuania23.6%
28 Norway23.1%
29 Slovakia22.9%
30 Czech Republic22.4%
31 France21.1%
32 Australia20.6%
33 United Kingdom19.0%
34 Croatia18.4%
35 China12.1%
36 Taiwan9.0%
37 Japan5.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.204942 X +6.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -32794.482300 X +44956.245
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -11.294649 X +81.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.272561 X +1.329
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -14.475996 X +17.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086