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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" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark86.8%
2 Switzerland85.0%
3 Finland82.6%
3 New Zealand82.6%
5 France82.0%
6 Canada79.9%
7 Germany77.3%
8 Norway76.9%
9 Australia76.3%
9 United States76.3%
11 Republic of Korea75.9%
12 Belgium75.8%
13 Slovenia73.6%
14 Ireland73.2%
15 Mexico72.2%
16 Czech Republic68.5%
16 Japan 68.5%
18 Israel66.9%
19 Spain66.0%
20 Portugal64.7%
21 Hungary62.6%
22 Latvia56.6%

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 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4.941054 X +3.159
Correlation coefficient (r)0.674
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.454

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 185805.668752 X -89069.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 16.781969 X +68.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.558030 X +2.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.660823 X +14.872
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001