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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of "No, there should be no paid leave"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States17.9%
3 France16.0%
4 Canada14.8%
5 United Kingdom13.7%
6 Japan11.8%
7 Germany6.6%

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 = 1.406338 X +6.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 183583.854390 X +28079.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -19.533191 X +83.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.508779 X +1.175
Correlation coefficient (r)0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 34.662527 X +5.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248