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Question: How difficult would it be for you to take an hour or two off during working hours, to take care of personal or family matters?
Choices: "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult" "Somewhat difficult" "Very difficult"
Data: % of "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand79.7%
2 Finland78.4%
3 Switzerland76.0%
4 Denmark74.4%
5 Iceland74.2%
6 China74.1%
7 Latvia73.8%
8 United States73.5%
9 Sweden73.4%
10 Australia72.9%
11 Lithuania72.4%
12 Norway70.6%
13 Slovenia70.2%
14 Suriname68.8%
15 United Kingdom67.2%
16 Spain64.3%
17 Taiwan63.2%
18 Georgia62.9%
19 Germany60.5%
19 Hungary60.5%
19 Israel60.5%
22 India60.3%
23 Estonia58.9%
24 Chile57.5%
24 Philippines57.5%
26 South Africa57.3%
27 Belgium55.3%
28 Austria54.6%
29 Croatia53.5%
30 France51.7%
31 Poland51.4%
32 Czech Republic 51.3%
33 Mexico51.0%
34 Slovakia49.5%
35 Japan49.0%
36 Venezuela48.0%
37 Russian Federation36.4%

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 = 3.277753 X +4.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 124610.278552 X -40903.787
Correlation coefficient (r)0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 15.699860 X +68.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.586972 X +2.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 4.055260 X +8.613
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007