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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable 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 father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States37.5%
3 France28.8%
4 Japan27.2%
5 Canada19.6%
6 Germany19.1%
8 United Kingdom14.1%

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 = -0.965541 X +6.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 92553.705932 X +30234.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.493
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.243

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -12.535987 X +84.340
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.881765 X +1.298
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 29.075635 X +3.225
Correlation coefficient (r)0.893
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.797