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Question: Which of the following statements best describes how your daily work is organized?
Choices: "I am free to decide how my daily work is organized" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits" "I am not free to decide how my daily work is organized"
Data: % of "I am free to decide how my daily work is organized" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France82.0%
2 Canada79.9%
3 Germany77.3%
4 Australia76.3%
4 United States76.3%
6 Republic of Korea75.9%
7 Japan 68.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6.463209 X +1.743
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 62517.038008 X +2773.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -20.286463 X +97.439
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.962928 X -0.818
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -28.515259 X +37.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042