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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany13.0%
2 United Kingdom10.8%
3 Japan7.5%
4 United States7.3%
6 Canada5.8%
9 France 1.3%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.650868 X +6.577
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 27295.812524 X +50723.136
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -6.609782 X +81.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.869907 X +1.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -23.464626 X +12.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120