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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 Sweden59.5%
2 France 51.1%
3 Australia50.6%
4 Japan45.2%
5 United Kingdom42.5%
6 United States37.1%
7 Germany28.5%
8 Republic of Korea15.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.013660 X +5.835
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 33824.539070 X +36087.290
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.093130 X +80.551
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.707336 X +0.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.537411 X +18.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280