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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 "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea52.5%
2 United States37.5%
3 France 28.8%
4 Japan27.2%
5 Canada19.6%
6 Germany19.1%
7 Australia14.5%
8 United Kingdom14.1%
9 Sweden12.4%

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 data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.362045 X +7.284
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -30582.646944 X +58249.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.520230 X +82.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.529011 X +1.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.664
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.441

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 26.379786 X +5.237
Correlation coefficient (r)0.832
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.692