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Question: How difficult would it be for you to take an hour or two off during working hours, to take care of personal or family matters?
Choices: "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult" "Somewhat difficult" "Very difficult"
Data: % of "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States73.5%
2 Sweden73.4%
3 Australia72.9%
4 United Kingdom67.2%
5 Germany60.5%
6 France 51.7%
7 Japan49.0%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.086781 X +4.775
Correlation coefficient (r)0.814
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.663

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 116643.857046 X -22147.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.846
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.716

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.846446 X +88.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.567800 X +1.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6.530103 X +6.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068