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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 "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany50.4%
2 France 48.9%
3 United Kingdom47.4%
4 Australia45.7%
5 Republic of Korea42.8%
6 United States42.6%
7 Canada39.8%
8 Japan37.2%
9 Sweden32.2%

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 = -1.076623 X +7.154
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -11062.757276 X +55337.097
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.782552 X +87.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.070629 X +1.044
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -24.890590 X +22.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123