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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden51.1%
2 France46.7%
3 United Kingdom45.2%
4 Norway40.0%
5 Czech Republic34.8%
6 United States33.6%
7 Japan 32.7%
8 New Zealand32.5%
8 Switzerland32.5%
10 Germany31.1%
11 Cyprus31.0%
11 Denmark31.0%
13 Netherlands29.5%
14 Canada29.0%
15 Poland28.9%
16 Slovenia25.4%
17 Portugal25.2%
18 Russian Federation22.9%
19 Italy22.8%
20 Israel22.0%
21 Hungary20.2%
22 Philippines13.2%
23 Bangladesh11.0%
24 Spain10.8%
25 Bulgaria7.3%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 4.285013 X +5.294
Correlation coefficient (r)0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 136922.811219 X +2401.814
Correlation coefficient (r)0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 23.048030 X +72.827
Correlation coefficient (r)0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.623874 X +1.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 12.255826 X +5.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104