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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States53.6%
2 Canada44.0%
3 Germany43.3%
4 France 38.9%
5 Japan38.5%
6 Republic of Korea34.7%
7 Australia34.6%
8 Sweden31.0%
9 United Kingdom28.5%

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 data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.585281 X +6.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 90755.913150 X +15578.581
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -20.253074 X +89.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.537391 X +1.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.682972 X +9.660
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011