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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 "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany34.1%
3 United States23.6%
5 France 17.0%
6 United Kingdom16.4%
7 Canada13.2%
8 Japan11.2%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.242250 X +6.388
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 84329.812024 X +36568.678
Correlation coefficient (r)0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -14.663804 X +84.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.636660 X +1.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -4.655331 X +11.211
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020