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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany32.8%
3 United States24.0%
4 United Kingdom16.8%
6 Japan10.4%
7 France8.4%

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 = 1.583287 X +6.280
Correlation coefficient (r)0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 95331.846178 X +35035.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.386134 X +84.123
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.181617 X +1.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.272189 X +10.730
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005