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Question: In the last 12 months, how many days of leave from your work, if any, did you take altogether (do not include maternity or sick leaves or similar types of leave)?
Choices: "None" "1-5 days" "6-10 days" "11-20 days" "21-30 days" "More than 30 days"
Data: % of "21-30 days" "More than 30 days" in those answering any of those answers
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden65.6%
2 United Kingdom38.7%
3 Germany30.8%
4 Australia25.3%
5 France 20.3%
6 United States12.2%
7 Republic of Korea7.1%
8 Japan6.9%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.870396 X +6.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.831
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.691

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18231.435769 X +45307.895
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.015187 X +81.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.760816 X +1.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.884303 X +14.598
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193