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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best 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 part-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden39.2%
2 Germany14.7%
3 France 14.0%
4 Australia10.4%
5 Canada6.2%
6 United States6.1%
7 United Kingdom5.4%
8 Republic of Korea4.8%
9 Japan1.1%

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 = 2.589465 X +6.398
Correlation coefficient (r)0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 26873.454511 X +47537.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.849965 X +81.588
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.106466 X +1.379
Correlation coefficient (r)0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.298079 X +12.339
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014