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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea61.5%
2 Australia54.6%
3 Canada54.4%
4 France51.6%
4 United States51.6%
6 Germany49.9%
7 Japan 39.3%

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 = 0.854360 X +6.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9150.814755 X +45917.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.958730 X +84.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.702955 X +2.334
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 43.842537 X -6.958
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249