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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany50.4%
2 France48.9%
3 United Kingdom47.4%
6 United States42.6%
7 Canada39.8%
8 Japan37.2%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.464656 X +5.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 27763.502291 X +40479.799
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -6.764987 X +84.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.459802 X +0.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -33.284370 X +25.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416