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Question: Have you ever given up or would you give up good job opportunities for the benefit of your family life?
Choices: "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again" "No, I have not done so but probably would do so" "No, I have not done so and probably would not do so"
Data: % of "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia61.7%
2 New Zealand57.5%
3 United States52.5%
4 France51.7%
5 Japan50.7%
6 Germany49.0%
7 Israel48.1%
8 United Kingdom47.7%
9 Switzerland44.8%
10 Latvia44.3%
11 Chile43.8%
12 Estonia41.9%
13 Czech Republic41.1%
14 Denmark38.4%
15 Belgium38.1%
16 Lithuania36.6%
17 Austria 36.3%
18 Slovakia36.0%
19 Mexico35.5%
20 Norway34.0%
21 Iceland33.2%
21 Spain33.2%
23 Sweden32.6%
24 Finland29.4%
25 Slovenia28.5%
26 Poland22.4%
27 Hungary19.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.093289 X +6.773
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 60814.033701 X +20278.838
Correlation coefficient (r)0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 11.177891 X +75.200
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.757832 X +1.331
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -2.588425 X +11.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006