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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" among women
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States46.5%
2 Canada44.7%
3 Japan42.6%
4 Germany39.1%
6 France 34.5%
7 United Kingdom30.0%
8 Italy28.2%

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.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.703767 X +6.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 114522.268653 X +7281.122
Correlation coefficient (r)0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14.925496 X +87.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.038718 X +1.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 41.872537 X -6.428
Correlation coefficient (r)0.894
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.799