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Question: In the last 12 months, how many days of leave from your work, if any, did you take altogether (do not include maternity or sick leaves or similar types of leave)?
Choices: "None" "1-5 days" "6-10 days" "11-20 days" "21-30 days" "More than 30 days"
Data: % of "21-30 days" "More than 30 days" in those answering any of those answers
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United Kingdom38.7%
3 Germany30.8%
5 France20.3%
6 United States12.2%
8 Japan6.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.525390 X +6.240
Correlation coefficient (r)0.684
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.468

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -6851.358949 X +54145.226
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.582407 X +81.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.342153 X +1.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -21.143203 X +14.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.900
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.810