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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 7-12 months
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia70.1%
2 Iceland64.5%
3 Norway55.8%
4 Canada48.9%
5 Poland48.6%
6 Denmark44.7%
7 Germany42.6%
8 Spain40.8%
9 United Kingdom40.3%
10 Finland38.2%
11 Chile37.2%
12 Sweden36.5%
13 Portugal35.0%
14 Turkiye33.7%
15 Japan 32.0%
16 Ireland31.4%
17 Israel29.5%
18 Republic of Korea29.1%
19 France28.5%
20 Australia27.8%
21 Belgium23.7%
21 Latvia23.7%
23 Mexico21.2%
24 Switzerland19.1%
25 Hungary18.7%
26 Netherlands18.4%
27 Lithuania15.8%
28 United States13.8%
29 Austria9.1%
30 Czech Republic6.3%
30 Slovakia6.3%

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 = 0.708974 X +6.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 20618.438046 X +41078.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 6.398229 X +78.483
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.187886 X +1.588
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -3.048595 X +11.442
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014