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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable way for them to organise their family and work life?
Choices: "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time." "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time." "Both the mother and the father work full-time." "Both the mother and the father work part-time." "The father works part-time and the mother works full-time." "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Data: % of "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden20.3%
2 France18.3%
3 Spain18.1%
4 Norway17.8%
5 Netherlands16.6%
6 Belgium16.1%
7 Denmark15.5%
8 Finland14.6%
9 Iceland14.3%
10 Poland12.7%
11 Germany11.6%
12 Canada11.1%
12 Ireland11.1%
14 Latvia10.9%
15 Switzerland10.5%
16 Mexico10.2%
17 Slovenia9.9%
18 United Kingdom9.1%
19 Australia8.7%
20 Israel8.0%
21 Turkiye7.7%
22 United States5.7%
23 Japan 5.1%
24 Hungary4.4%
25 Chile4.2%
26 Republic of Korea3.1%
27 Portugal2.9%
27 Slovakia2.9%
29 Austria2.7%
30 Lithuania2.5%
31 Czech Republic2.2%

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

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 5.120571 X +6.217
Correlation coefficient (r)0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 178003.297805 X +29940.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 18.269918 X +78.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.117792 X +1.516
Correlation coefficient (r)0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -13.198899 X +11.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032