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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 "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa61.6%
2 Dominican Republic59.1%
3 Bulgaria56.6%
4 Philippines54.3%
5 Republic of Korea52.6%
6 Uruguay38.7%
7 Argentina38.0%
8 Mexico37.9%
9 Israel35.8%
10 Chile35.4%
11 Taiwan34.6%
12 Slovakia32.9%
13 Germany32.8%
14 Croatia31.7%
15 Austria27.9%
16 United States24.0%
17 Hungary23.8%
18 Russian Federation19.6%
19 Belgium19.0%
20 Ireland17.5%
21 United Kingdom16.8%
22 Switzerland16.6%
23 Australia16.2%
23 New Zealand16.2%
25 Czech Republic15.4%
26 Norway15.0%
27 Poland14.6%
28 Latvia14.5%
29 Finland13.6%
30 Slovenia10.9%
31 Cyprus10.5%
32 Japan 10.4%
33 France8.4%
34 Sweden8.2%

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

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.011241 X +7.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -84732.202067 X +60781.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -21.001417 X +83.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.617
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.381

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.010273 X +1.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.176254 X +10.916
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000