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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea52.6%
2 Germany32.8%
3 United States24.0%
4 United Kingdom16.8%
5 Australia16.2%
6 Japan10.4%
7 France 8.4%
8 Sweden8.2%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.366739 X +6.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -21883.053517 X +54656.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.713419 X +82.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.591994 X +1.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.752
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.566

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18.514929 X +8.121
Correlation coefficient (r)0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407