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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - A pre-school child is likely to suffer if his or her mother works.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden54.1%
2 Japan45.9%
3 United Kingdom42.9%
4 France 41.5%
5 Australia38.8%
6 Germany38.1%
7 United States36.8%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.798614 X +5.986
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -83798.701473 X +88224.276
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.393117 X +70.772
Correlation coefficient (r)0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.510682 X +1.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.191959 X +8.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014