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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of "No, there should be no paid leave"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia31.8%
2 United States17.9%
3 France 16.0%
4 Canada14.8%
5 United Kingdom13.7%
6 Japan11.8%
7 Germany6.6%
8 Republic of Korea5.5%
9 Sweden5.2%

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 = 1.366119 X +6.504
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 91296.610791 X +38072.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.358031 X +82.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.650405 X +1.278
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -11.461321 X +13.422
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052