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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 Australia55.6%
2 United States50.5%
3 France49.8%
3 New Zealand49.8%
5 Israel45.6%
6 Chile43.7%
7 United Kingdom41.9%
8 Japan41.1%
8 Latvia41.1%
10 Germany40.8%
11 Switzerland38.5%
12 Iceland37.4%
13 Mexico37.3%
14 Denmark36.9%
15 Czech Republic36.4%
16 Estonia36.2%
17 Norway35.7%
18 Belgium33.7%
19 Sweden33.1%
20 Lithuania32.6%
21 Austria31.2%
22 Slovakia31.1%
23 Spain30.6%
24 Slovenia29.1%
25 Finland 24.1%
26 Hungary21.3%
27 Poland21.1%

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 = 0.463397 X +6.638
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 86760.561729 X +12467.638
Correlation coefficient (r)0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 11.462881 X +75.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.330054 X +1.141
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.818235 X +12.444
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015