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Question: Which of the following statements best describes how your working hours are decided?
Choices: "Starting and finishing times are decided by my employer and I cannot change them on my own" "I can decide the time I start and finish work, within certain limits" "I am entirely free to decide when I start and finish work"
Data: % of "I can decide the time I start and finish work, within certain limits" "I am entirely free to decide when I start and finish work"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada58.2%
2 Italy52.3%
3 France51.4%
4 Germany51.0%
5 United States48.5%
6 Japan 40.4%

Note
Those who do not work/ 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 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.939950 X +4.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 31402.397260 X +32833.094
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -11.572981 X +87.321
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.239726 X +1.376
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -29.546528 X +27.529
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262