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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best 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 "Both the mother and the father work full-time."
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile8.1%
2 Mexico 7.2%
3 Venezuela3.1%
4 Argentina2.2%

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 = 10.472491 X +5.669
Correlation coefficient (r)0.684
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.468

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 79972.491282 X +6749.917
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 36.826811 X +71.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -7.098024 X +2.231
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.756
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.572

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 24.194111 X +4.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062