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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel48.3%
2 Spain42.9%
3 Italy35.5%
4 Hungary33.2%
5 Canada31.2%
6 Netherlands30.1%
7 United States28.4%
8 Portugal27.2%
9 New Zealand22.8%
10 Germany21.3%
11 United Kingdom20.4%
12 Poland19.0%
13 Switzerland17.8%
14 Norway17.5%
15 France16.4%
16 Slovenia15.6%
17 Sweden15.0%
18 Czech Republic13.6%
19 Denmark13.2%
20 Japan 8.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.417534 X +6.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -29237.647388 X +55258.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.002175 X +81.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.017449 X +1.371
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -13.586652 X +12.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260