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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" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark86.8%
2 Philippines86.6%
3 Syrian Arab Republic86.5%
4 Switzerland85.0%
5 Finland 82.6%
5 New Zealand82.6%
7 France82.0%
8 Canada79.9%
9 Uruguay79.7%
10 Germany77.3%
11 Norway76.9%
12 Tajikistan76.6%
13 Australia76.3%
13 United States76.3%
15 Republic of Korea75.9%
16 Belgium75.8%
17 Slovenia73.6%
18 Ireland73.2%
19 Dominican Republic72.9%
20 Mexico72.2%
21 Czech Republic68.5%
21 Japan68.5%
23 Israel66.9%
24 Spain66.0%
25 Portugal64.7%
26 Hungary62.6%
27 Latvia56.6%
28 Bulgaria54.1%
29 Russian Federation47.6%
30 Cyprus46.9%
31 South Africa45.3%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 3.858576 X +3.774
Correlation coefficient (r)0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 105139.703906 X -36284.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 16.588304 X +66.744
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.600750 X +1.333
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -13.925435 X +22.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058