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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of those who write 7-12 months
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia70.1%
2 Iceland64.5%
3 Croatia56.5%
4 Norway55.8%
5 Canada48.9%
6 Poland48.6%
7 Denmark44.7%
8 Germany42.6%
9 Spain40.8%
10 United Kingdom40.3%
11 Finland38.2%
12 Chile37.2%
13 Sweden36.5%
14 Venezuela35.5%
15 Portugal35.0%
16 Turkiye33.7%
17 Japan 32.0%
18 Ireland31.4%
19 Argentina30.4%
20 Israel29.5%
21 Republic of Korea29.1%
22 France28.5%
23 Australia27.8%
24 Taiwan26.7%
25 China26.4%
26 Belgium23.7%
26 Latvia23.7%
28 Mexico21.2%
29 Switzerland19.1%
30 Hungary18.7%
31 Netherlands18.4%
32 Bulgaria17.5%
33 Lithuania15.8%
34 United States13.8%
35 Russian Federation11.6%
36 South Africa11.3%
37 India10.2%
38 Austria9.1%
39 Czech Republic6.3%
39 Slovakia6.3%
41 Philippines1.6%

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 = 1.507514 X +6.028
Correlation coefficient (r)0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 48412.707695 X +23178.661
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 16.807703 X +72.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.533683 X +1.831
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -4.521323 X +11.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022