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Question: How important do you personally think working independently is in a job?
Choices: "Very important" "Important" "Neither important nor unimportant" "Not important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany88.0%
2 Canada84.2%
3 Sweden80.8%
4 United States79.4%
5 Australia78.5%
6 United Kingdom72.4%
7 Republic of Korea70.8%
8 France60.9%
9 Japan 36.3%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.266299 X +5.158
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 40814.205329 X +21781.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.149191 X +87.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.259586 X +1.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.502567 X +18.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023