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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 "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" among men
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany79.6%
2 Japan78.6%
3 United States71.1%
4 Italy70.9%
5 Sweden70.0%
6 United Kingdom69.7%
7 Canada69.4%
8 France 63.3%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.525241 X +8.486
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -38250.445426 X +76387.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.594392 X +79.077
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.874145 X +2.876
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.034265 X +6.936
Correlation coefficient (r)0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004