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Question: How often do you feel that the demands of your family life interfere with your job?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada7.8%
2 Sweden5.9%
3 Germany5.8%
4 Australia5.3%
4 United States5.3%
6 United Kingdom4.9%
7 Japan4.3%
8 France 3.9%
9 Republic of Korea3.1%

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 data9
Regression equation
Y = 20.844849 X +5.619
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 574210.241972 X +21040.184
Correlation coefficient (r)0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -27.765941 X +83.340
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.253690 X +1.080
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -144.182773 X +19.270
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218