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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 "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile49.3%
2 Argentina37.7%
3 Venezuela37.2%
4 Mexico 23.3%

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 = -1.385627 X +6.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 14096.509770 X +5670.412
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 33.147247 X +61.552
Correlation coefficient (r)0.849
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.721

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.970548 X +2.223
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 10.453237 X +2.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152