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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable way for them to organise their family and work life?
Choices: "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time." "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time." "Both the mother and the father work full-time." "Both the mother and the father work part-time." "The father works part-time and the mother works full-time." "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Data: % of "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation29.0%
2 India27.9%
3 South Africa26.1%
4 Sweden20.3%
5 France18.3%
6 Spain18.1%
7 Norway17.8%
8 Netherlands16.6%
9 Belgium16.1%
10 Denmark15.5%
11 Finland14.6%
12 Iceland14.3%
13 Poland12.7%
14 Germany11.6%
15 Canada11.1%
15 Ireland11.1%
17 Latvia10.9%
18 Switzerland10.5%
19 Mexico10.2%
20 Slovenia9.9%
21 United Kingdom9.1%
22 Australia8.7%
23 Philippines8.6%
24 Israel8.0%
25 Turkiye7.7%
25 Venezuela7.7%
27 Croatia7.6%
28 United States5.7%
29 Argentina5.1%
29 Japan 5.1%
31 Hungary4.4%
32 Chile4.2%
33 China3.4%
34 Republic of Korea3.1%
35 Portugal2.9%
35 Slovakia2.9%
37 Austria2.7%
38 Lithuania2.5%
38 Taiwan2.5%
40 Czech Republic2.2%
41 Bulgaria1.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -0.527963 X +6.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 43863.715287 X +32988.292
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -14.216098 X +79.522
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.997281 X +1.566
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 22.439497 X +8.096
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103