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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 mother stays at home and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden20.3%
2 France 18.3%
3 Germany11.6%
4 Canada11.1%
5 United Kingdom9.1%
6 Australia8.7%
7 United States5.7%
8 Japan5.1%
9 Republic of Korea3.1%

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 = 4.847142 X +6.190
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 27383.698279 X +47750.462
Correlation coefficient (r)0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.879815 X +81.304
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.427529 X +1.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -34.263451 X +15.393
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228