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Question: Suppose you were working and could choose between different kinds of jobs. Which of the following would you personally choose?
Choices: "Being an employee" "Being self-employed"
Data: % of "Being an employee"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden70.4%
2 Japan 65.3%
3 France61.5%
4 Germany56.3%
5 United Kingdom54.8%
6 Australia48.0%
7 Canada46.7%
8 United States38.0%
9 Republic of Korea34.5%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.937452 X +6.303
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7578.023866 X +55321.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.423119 X +78.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.207044 X +0.849
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -22.966363 X +26.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236