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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 "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Canada49.4%
3 United Kingdom44.9%
4 France 36.8%
6 Japan31.4%
7 United States31.1%
8 Germany21.0%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.034968 X +6.257
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -15335.050637 X +58287.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.441477 X +79.695
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.100771 X +1.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.574646 X +12.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044