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Question: How often do you feel that the demands of your job interfere with your family life?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria26.1%
2 South Africa25.0%
3 Sweden22.8%
4 Australia22.6%
5 France21.7%
6 United Kingdom21.3%
7 Germany21.1%
8 Mexico20.6%
9 Philippines18.9%
9 Slovenia18.9%
11 Canada18.5%
11 Portugal18.5%
13 Hungary17.1%
14 Switzerland17.0%
15 New Zealand16.7%
16 Belgium15.8%
17 Spain15.7%
18 Cyprus15.5%
19 Israel15.4%
20 Denmark15.3%
20 Norway15.3%
22 United States15.0%
23 Finland14.9%
24 Ireland13.5%
25 Latvia13.4%
26 Russian Federation12.4%
27 Czech Republic12.3%
28 Dominican Republic11.1%
29 Japan 9.9%
30 Republic of Korea8.0%
31 Taiwan5.5%

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 = -0.209564 X +6.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -25994.543157 X +47571.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -28.411528 X +84.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.945531 X +1.127
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -18.460203 X +13.715
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024