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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 France 46.7%
3 United Kingdom45.2%
4 United States33.6%
5 Japan32.7%
6 Germany31.1%
7 Canada29.0%
8 Italy22.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.836594 X +6.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 11286.795414 X +46846.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.357738 X +81.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.943409 X +0.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.791
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.626

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.467909 X +7.577
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020