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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 "Starting and finishing times are decided by my employer and I cannot change them on my own"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation75.6%
2 Croatia73.6%
3 Hungary72.6%
4 South Africa72.5%
5 Georgia67.6%
6 Japan64.2%
7 Lithuania61.9%
8 Poland61.1%
9 Spain60.2%
10 Chile59.9%
11 Suriname59.8%
12 Latvia58.6%
13 Mexico57.6%
14 Slovakia57.5%
15 Austria56.2%
16 Venezuela56.1%
17 China55.8%
18 Estonia55.1%
19 Czech Republic53.9%
20 France52.9%
21 United Kingdom52.5%
22 Slovenia52.0%
23 Iceland50.6%
24 India50.4%
25 Taiwan50.3%
26 United States47.7%
27 Belgium47.0%
28 Australia44.6%
29 Israel42.7%
30 Germany42.5%
31 Norway42.2%
32 New Zealand39.9%
33 Switzerland35.2%
34 Finland 30.7%
35 Denmark30.4%
36 Sweden29.6%
37 Philippines28.1%

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 +8.615
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 +98839.176
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 +87.409
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 +1.846
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 +4.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134