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Question: Have you ever given up or would you give up good job opportunities for the benefit of your family life?
Choices: "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again" "No, I have not done so but probably would do so" "No, I have not done so and probably would not do so"
Data: % of "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States48.4%
2 Australia48.2%
3 France47.5%
4 Philippines46.4%
5 Chile43.6%
6 Israel43.2%
7 Iceland43.0%
8 New Zealand41.2%
9 Mexico39.2%
10 India39.1%
11 Norway37.6%
12 Latvia37.1%
13 United Kingdom34.7%
14 Denmark34.3%
14 Venezuela34.3%
16 Sweden33.7%
17 Germany32.7%
18 Switzerland31.8%
19 Japan 31.0%
20 Czech Republic30.1%
21 Slovenia29.7%
22 Belgium29.0%
23 Estonia28.6%
23 Russian Federation28.6%
25 Lithuania27.7%
26 Spain27.5%
27 Croatia25.6%
28 Austria25.5%
28 China25.5%
30 Hungary23.5%
30 Slovakia23.5%
32 Taiwan22.4%
33 Suriname20.5%
34 Poland19.4%
35 South Africa18.8%
36 Finland18.1%
37 Georgia15.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.776529 X +5.936
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 102605.398084 X +2699.550
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 16.057137 X +72.238
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 1.029091 X +1.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -19.131964 X +17.336
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108