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Question: Who should pay for [parental] leave?
Choices: "The government" "The employer" "Both the government and the employer" "Other sources"
Data: % of "The government"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal71.6%
2 Sweden70.6%
3 Latvia68.0%
4 Austria67.5%
5 Israel66.0%
6 Norway65.8%
7 Czech Republic65.4%
8 Bulgaria63.0%
9 Russian Federation62.1%
10 Hungary61.4%
11 Slovakia60.1%
12 Lithuania57.9%
13 Poland56.6%
14 Slovenia56.0%
15 Croatia52.3%
16 Turkiye49.8%
17 Germany49.2%
18 Finland46.3%
19 Spain41.8%
20 Venezuela41.6%
21 Belgium41.5%
22 Iceland36.8%
23 Chile36.0%
24 Denmark32.9%
25 Mexico32.6%
26 Taiwan32.5%
27 Argentina30.5%
28 India29.7%
29 France29.6%
30 Republic of Korea29.0%
31 Canada26.1%
31 Japan 26.1%
33 Australia26.0%
34 Ireland25.4%
35 Switzerland23.5%
36 Philippines20.6%
37 United Kingdom20.5%
38 Netherlands19.7%
39 South Africa17.9%
40 China13.6%
41 United States7.1%

Note
Those who do not think that parental leave is necessary/ 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 = 0.183220 X +6.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -21452.927971 X +48172.741
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.573616 X +78.034
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.160494 X +1.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.664616 X +10.204
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001