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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:
1 Sweden51.1%
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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.150421 X +5.893
Correlation coefficient (r)0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21044.132485 X +41322.881
Correlation coefficient (r)0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.049598 X +81.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.477422 X +0.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 9.698005 X +6.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085