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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of those who write 1-6 months
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States65.8%
2 Switzerland65.1%
3 Israel63.8%
4 Chile55.5%
5 Netherlands52.2%
5 Republic of Korea52.2%
7 Mexico51.2%
8 Portugal50.2%
9 Turkiye45.9%
10 Belgium45.5%
11 United Kingdom42.1%
12 Japan 39.4%
13 Spain38.3%
14 Ireland35.6%
15 Australia35.2%
16 Denmark33.5%
17 France27.4%
18 Canada25.4%
19 Finland20.4%
20 Poland19.4%
21 Hungary18.0%
22 Iceland16.0%
23 Germany14.9%
24 Norway11.8%
25 Slovenia9.7%
26 Latvia6.0%
27 Sweden5.4%
28 Austria3.4%
29 Lithuania2.8%
30 Czech Republic1.9%
31 Slovakia1.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.334942 X +6.830
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 19526.507512 X +41651.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 3.378509 X +79.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.392314 X +1.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.425807 X +12.140
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076