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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus34.9%
2 Spain22.4%
3 Ireland18.2%
4 Japan 17.6%
5 Germany17.2%
6 United Kingdom14.6%
7 Portugal11.9%
8 Switzerland11.8%
9 United States11.0%
10 Israel10.4%
11 Russian Federation10.3%
12 Australia9.6%
13 Bulgaria8.3%
14 South Africa8.0%
15 Slovenia7.2%
16 Taiwan7.1%
17 Canada6.9%
17 Denmark6.9%
19 Finland6.7%
20 Czech Republic6.4%
20 Republic of Korea6.4%
22 Sweden6.2%
23 New Zealand5.8%
24 Latvia5.5%
25 Hungary3.7%
26 Belgium3.6%
27 Philippines3.2%
28 Mexico2.3%
28 Norway2.3%
30 Dominican Republic2.2%
31 France0.5%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.110196 X +6.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 43834.835616 X +38004.596
Correlation coefficient (r)0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 21.886250 X +76.716
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.875638 X +1.861
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -17.261566 X +12.197
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057