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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"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States40.4%
2 France33.7%
3 United Kingdom32.4%
4 Australia30.6%
5 Sweden26.2%
6 Germany25.6%
7 Japan 18.0%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.675297 X +6.099
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 91898.849248 X +26405.897
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25.968425 X +89.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.801
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.642

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.423282 X +1.171
Correlation coefficient (r)0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.500493 X +13.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004