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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "No paid job at all" among women
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bangladesh31.9%
2 Cyprus22.5%
3 United Kingdom16.7%
4 Spain15.5%
5 Poland15.0%
6 Netherlands13.2%
7 United States12.2%
8 Czech Republic11.9%
9 Japan 10.7%
10 Russian Federation9.9%
11 Canada7.8%
12 Bulgaria7.5%
13 New Zealand7.2%
14 Switzerland7.1%
15 Denmark6.9%
16 Germany6.7%
17 Slovenia6.6%
18 Israel6.5%
19 Philippines6.0%
20 Norway4.9%
21 Italy4.0%
22 Sweden3.7%
23 Portugal3.5%
24 Hungary2.8%
25 France1.5%

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 = -6.161889 X +7.109
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -110506.440366 X +52015.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -16.130433 X +80.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.551590 X +1.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -17.059964 X +10.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077