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Question: How much do you agree or disagree that it applies to your job? - "I can work independently"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark93.4%
2 Switzerland89.9%
3 Canada85.9%
4 Germany85.8%
5 Norway85.2%
6 New Zealand84.8%
7 Philippines83.1%
8 Taiwan81.8%
9 Australia81.5%
10 United Kingdom80.6%
11 Finland 80.1%
12 United States80.0%
13 Sweden79.1%
14 Belgium78.2%
15 Ireland76.4%
16 Slovenia75.9%
17 Mexico73.5%
18 Czech Republic69.4%
19 Hungary69.1%
20 Israel68.1%
21 France67.0%
22 Portugal62.1%
23 Dominican Republic59.2%
24 South Africa58.8%
25 Republic of Korea58.2%
26 Spain51.1%
27 Bulgaria51.0%
28 Russian Federation45.5%
29 Latvia42.9%
30 Cyprus41.2%
31 Japan39.9%

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 = 3.245876 X +4.324
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 94688.541104 X -25105.072
Correlation coefficient (r)0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 8.594405 X +73.279
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.327722 X +1.428
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -7.371835 X +18.209
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033