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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" among men
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary83.5%
2 South Africa83.4%
3 Bulgaria81.7%
4 France79.0%
5 Norway76.6%
6 United States76.3%
7 Belgium76.2%
7 Czech Republic76.2%
9 Germany75.4%
10 Japan 75.0%
11 Latvia74.7%
12 Portugal73.2%
13 Russian Federation72.6%
14 Philippines72.1%
15 Spain70.8%
16 Slovenia70.7%
17 Cyprus70.0%
18 Israel69.9%
19 Ireland69.4%
20 Denmark68.8%
21 Australia68.4%
22 New Zealand66.8%
23 Dominican Republic65.0%
24 Canada63.0%
24 Taiwan63.0%
26 Finland62.5%
26 United Kingdom62.5%
28 Sweden60.8%
29 Switzerland56.7%
30 Mexico56.4%
31 Republic of Korea54.6%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -3.018859 X +8.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -66894.635770 X +89031.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -26.060859 X +97.122
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.162231 X +0.867
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 7.616018 X +5.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013