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Question: Suppose you were working and could choose between different kinds of jobs. Which of the following would you personally choose?
Choices: "Being an employee" "Being self-employed"
Data: % of "Being an employee"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland 75.3%
2 Czech Republic72.0%
3 Belgium71.6%
4 Norway71.3%
5 Sweden70.4%
6 Denmark70.3%
7 Spain69.5%
8 Japan65.3%
9 Hungary65.1%
10 France61.5%
11 Latvia56.9%
12 Germany56.3%
13 Israel55.5%
14 Cyprus55.1%
15 United Kingdom54.8%
16 Ireland53.0%
17 Russian Federation52.1%
17 Switzerland52.1%
19 Slovenia51.6%
20 Taiwan49.7%
21 Portugal48.4%
22 Australia48.0%
23 Bulgaria47.7%
24 South Africa47.4%
25 Canada46.7%
26 New Zealand46.0%
27 United States38.0%
28 Republic of Korea34.5%
29 Dominican Republic26.1%
30 Mexico21.3%
31 Philippines17.9%

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 data31
Regression equation
Y = 2.239145 X +5.412
Correlation coefficient (r)0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 68238.450710 X +5091.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 13.557804 X +72.048
Correlation coefficient (r)0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.973615 X +2.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 8.313847 X +8.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040