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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 "No, there should be no paid leave"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India49.1%
2 Australia31.8%
3 Netherlands25.9%
4 Ireland25.1%
5 Mexico24.9%
6 China21.4%
7 Belgium19.4%
8 United States17.9%
9 Denmark17.0%
10 France16.0%
11 Canada14.8%
12 Slovenia14.5%
13 United Kingdom13.7%
14 Philippines12.6%
15 Japan 11.8%
15 Switzerland11.8%
17 Norway10.4%
18 Austria9.9%
19 Finland9.6%
20 Taiwan9.2%
21 Turkiye7.9%
22 Hungary6.7%
23 Germany6.6%
24 Spain6.1%
25 Republic of Korea5.5%
26 Sweden5.2%
26 Venezuela5.2%
28 South Africa4.7%
29 Argentina4.2%
30 Chile3.3%
31 Czech Republic3.2%
31 Latvia3.2%
33 Portugal2.3%
34 Israel2.2%
35 Iceland2.0%
35 Russian Federation2.0%
37 Lithuania1.8%
37 Slovakia1.8%
39 Poland1.0%
40 Croatia0.8%
41 Bulgaria0.5%

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 = -0.672392 X +6.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 52222.792462 X +31929.976
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.948542 X +77.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.246317 X +1.646
Correlation coefficient (r)0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -3.238581 X +10.837
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004