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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable way for them to organise their family and work life?
Choices: "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time." "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time." "Both the mother and the father work full-time." "Both the mother and the father work part-time." "The father works part-time and the mother works full-time." "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Data: % of "Both the mother and the father work full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United Kingdom62.4%
4 Germany55.2%
5 Canada48.5%
6 Japan47.0%
7 United States36.3%
8 France 33.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.376375 X +6.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -46569.631007 X +74790.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 6.306104 X +78.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.867613 X +1.923
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -17.858423 X +18.747
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.708
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.501