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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of "No, there should be no paid leave"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico24.9%
2 Venezuela5.2%
3 Argentina 4.2%
4 Chile3.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 2.789470 X +5.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 6388.775067 X +11434.705
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -6.174334 X +75.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.145278 X +1.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -5.648786 X +6.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042