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Question: How difficult would it be for you to take an hour or two off during working hours, to take care of personal or family matters?
Choices: "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult" "Somewhat difficult" "Very difficult"
Data: % of "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States73.5%
4 United Kingdom67.2%
5 Germany60.5%
6 France51.7%
7 Japan49.0%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.063135 X +5.327
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 148330.917007 X -36909.208
Correlation coefficient (r)0.863
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.745

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -19.910368 X +93.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.831
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.691

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.688771 X +1.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.596626 X +8.138
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015