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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 men
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom9.0%
2 United States7.1%
3 Canada6.6%
4 Japan5.3%
5 Germany4.1%
6 Italy3.4%
8 France 1.1%

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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.638966 X +6.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 228440.952513 X +38789.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -24.356223 X +82.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.835525 X +1.518
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 26.808459 X +8.058
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043