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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" and "I am entirely free to decide when I start and finish work"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden70.4%
2 Germany57.5%
3 Australia55.4%
4 United States52.3%
5 United Kingdom47.5%
6 France47.1%
7 Japan 35.8%

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 = 3.695961 X +4.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.917
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.841

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 64672.742254 X +19753.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.872746 X +84.191
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.574601 X +1.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.161228 X +12.621
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002