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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation87.8%
2 Japan 69.0%
3 Philippines67.5%
4 Bulgaria61.2%
4 Ireland61.2%
6 Poland60.5%
7 Hungary56.7%
8 United States56.2%
9 Austria50.5%
10 Spain49.3%
11 Australia47.8%
12 New Zealand46.2%
13 Slovenia44.8%
14 United Kingdom44.6%
15 Canada43.6%
16 Germany38.9%
17 Netherlands38.4%
18 Norway32.2%
19 Sweden29.7%
20 Italy26.4%
21 Czech Republic26.0%
22 Israel21.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.295031 X +7.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -56104.358067 X +72038.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -17.589789 X +87.963
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.456799 X +1.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 10.532533 X +4.677
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176