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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best 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 "Both the mother and the father work full-time."
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia31.1%
2 Denmark30.2%
3 Norway25.7%
4 Finland23.3%
5 Iceland20.5%
6 Croatia20.1%
7 South Africa19.7%
8 Poland19.2%
9 Portugal18.6%
10 Canada17.2%
11 Sweden16.1%
12 France15.2%
13 Israel14.3%
14 Belgium13.8%
15 China13.3%
16 Spain12.1%
16 Taiwan12.1%
18 Slovakia11.9%
19 United States11.6%
20 Hungary11.2%
21 Bulgaria11.0%
22 Germany10.9%
23 Philippines10.2%
24 Republic of Korea9.3%
25 Czech Republic9.2%
26 India8.7%
27 Chile8.1%
28 Ireland7.6%
29 Latvia7.2%
29 Mexico7.2%
31 Turkiye5.2%
32 Russian Federation5.1%
33 United Kingdom5.0%
34 Lithuania4.1%
35 Japan 4.0%
36 Switzerland3.4%
37 Venezuela3.1%
38 Austria3.0%
39 Netherlands2.7%
40 Argentina2.2%
41 Australia2.0%

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 = 2.785922 X +6.145
Correlation coefficient (r)0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 65689.247560 X +29779.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 11.669403 X +76.624
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.046410 X +1.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 5.859138 X +9.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008