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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines63.4%
2 Georgia49.9%
3 India40.5%
4 United States40.4%
5 Taiwan40.3%
6 Venezuela40.2%
7 Suriname37.2%
8 Mexico36.1%
9 Chile34.2%
10 Switzerland33.8%
11 France33.7%
12 United Kingdom32.4%
13 New Zealand31.9%
14 Spain31.7%
15 Australia30.6%
16 South Africa29.9%
17 Israel29.7%
18 Poland28.9%
19 Latvia28.7%
20 Austria28.1%
21 Denmark26.6%
22 Sweden26.2%
23 Germany25.6%
23 Slovakia25.6%
25 Belgium24.6%
26 China23.3%
26 Norway23.3%
28 Croatia22.5%
29 Lithuania21.8%
30 Czech Republic21.5%
31 Iceland21.4%
32 Slovenia20.7%
33 Estonia19.9%
34 Finland 18.9%
35 Japan18.0%
36 Hungary15.4%
37 Russian Federation11.7%

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

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -2.618236 X +7.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -59290.577015 X +52416.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -15.629642 X +82.748
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 2.112831 X +1.109
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -29.515790 X +22.089
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241