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Question: Whether the person has children to support ? how important do you think that ought to be in deciding pay?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy55.6%
2 Germany52.7%
3 Japan25.8%
4 United Kingdom21.4%
5 United States19.3%
6 France 12.7%
7 Australia11.9%
8 Sweden10.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.091292 X +6.984
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -37802.667357 X +60135.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.125430 X +81.770
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.727010 X +1.759
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.308434 X +13.162
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446