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Question: In the last 12 months, how many days of leave from your work, if any, did you take altogether (do not include maternity or sick leaves or similar types of leave)?
Choices: "None" "1-5 days" "6-10 days" "11-20 days" "21-30 days" "More than 30 days"
Data: % of "21-30 days" "More than 30 days" in those answering any of those answers
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden65.6%
2 Finland58.0%
3 Norway55.1%
4 Switzerland55.0%
5 Belgium44.0%
6 United Kingdom38.7%
7 Poland36.5%
8 Latvia33.8%
9 Hungary33.7%
10 Germany30.8%
11 Czech Republic28.2%
12 Slovenia27.2%
13 Australia25.3%
14 Austria24.7%
15 New Zealand24.0%
16 Ireland22.7%
17 Slovakia22.3%
18 France20.3%
19 Mexico20.1%
20 United States12.2%
21 Israel10.7%
22 Republic of Korea7.1%
23 Japan 6.9%
24 Chile2.7%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.506574 X +6.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 52401.046975 X +32926.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.121187 X +79.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.417642 X +1.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.630159 X +10.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001