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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 "No paid job at all" among men
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany13.0%
2 Spain12.4%
3 Ireland10.8%
3 United Kingdom10.8%
5 Portugal10.6%
6 Finland 10.0%
7 Czech Republic9.2%
8 Slovenia7.7%
9 Japan7.5%
10 Israel7.4%
11 United States7.3%
12 Switzerland7.2%
13 Australia6.2%
14 Canada5.8%
15 Latvia5.4%
16 Denmark5.2%
17 New Zealand4.6%
18 Sweden4.3%
19 Belgium3.3%
20 Norway2.9%
21 Republic of Korea2.5%
22 Hungary1.6%
23 France1.3%
24 Mexico0.5%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.492008 X +6.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 75162.673667 X +44660.658
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 27.680389 X +78.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.474678 X +1.647
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -33.566383 X +12.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101