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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time doing household work?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States17.1%
2 Germany16.5%
3 Italy15.9%
4 Canada15.3%
5 Japan12.1%
6 France 12.0%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7.159882 X +5.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 438704.865083 X -16597.271
Correlation coefficient (r)0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -85.088487 X +94.157
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.770473 X +1.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -14.906130 X +12.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009