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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Having children restricts the employment and career chances of one or both parents.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany54.5%
2 Republic of Korea52.0%
3 France 49.1%
4 Japan40.5%
5 Australia40.3%
6 United Kingdom35.4%
7 United States33.5%
8 Canada33.4%
9 Sweden31.2%

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 = -2.579339 X +7.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -89382.832449 X +87316.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.853467 X +79.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.072317 X +1.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.306325 X +8.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030