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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%
5 Sweden35.9%
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.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.264775 X +6.579
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 122248.122595 X +2936.989
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.566796 X +86.009
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.191644 X +1.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 39.738729 X -5.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.810
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.656