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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany38.5%
2 Sweden29.3%
3 United States28.8%
4 France21.1%
5 Australia20.6%
6 United Kingdom19.0%
7 Japan 5.0%

Note
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 = 3.121801 X +6.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 54742.547899 X +40876.121
Correlation coefficient (r)0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.125787 X +84.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.601643 X +1.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.569955 X +13.361
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000