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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea77.9%
2 Japan69.3%
3 Mexico51.6%
4 Australia50.0%
5 Latvia46.9%
6 Ireland46.2%
7 Poland 46.0%
8 Canada45.2%
9 Chile44.7%
10 Hungary42.6%
11 Slovakia42.0%
12 Iceland41.5%
13 Belgium40.7%
14 Finland38.1%
15 Austria37.1%
16 Portugal35.8%
17 Germany32.9%
18 Lithuania32.0%
19 Denmark31.8%
20 Czech Republic30.3%
21 France30.1%
22 Netherlands27.8%
23 Norway23.2%
24 Israel19.2%

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

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.184981 X +7.666
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -51880.591084 X +67593.097
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.397259 X +80.146
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.504983 X +2.142
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 13.472065 X +5.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202