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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:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines71.9%
2 Sweden70.4%
3 Denmark69.6%
4 Finland 69.3%
5 Switzerland64.8%
6 New Zealand60.1%
7 Norway57.8%
8 Germany57.5%
9 Israel57.3%
10 Australia55.4%
11 Belgium53.0%
12 United States52.3%
13 Taiwan49.7%
14 India49.6%
15 Iceland49.4%
16 Slovenia48.0%
17 United Kingdom47.5%
18 France47.1%
19 Czech Republic46.1%
20 Estonia44.9%
21 China44.2%
22 Venezuela43.9%
23 Austria43.8%
24 Slovakia42.5%
25 Mexico42.4%
26 Latvia41.4%
27 Suriname40.2%
28 Chile40.1%
29 Spain39.8%
30 Poland38.9%
31 Lithuania38.1%
32 Japan35.8%
33 Georgia32.4%
34 South Africa27.5%
35 Hungary27.4%
36 Croatia26.4%
37 Russian Federation24.4%

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 = 4.083105 X +4.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 121238.802973 X -22399.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 17.464536 X +69.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.230737 X +1.615
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -17.215736 X +21.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134