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Question: How important do you personally think deciding times or days of work is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy71.0%
2 Sweden63.8%
3 France59.8%
4 United States55.1%
5 Japan 54.4%
6 Canada53.0%
7 Germany46.6%
8 United Kingdom44.4%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.811520 X +7.274
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -26278.911438 X +64594.850
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.067615 X +78.139
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.363819 X +1.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.849774 X +13.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005