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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico58.8%
2 Republic of Korea53.0%
3 Israel45.6%
4 Hungary34.5%
5 Germany34.1%
6 Latvia26.3%
7 United States23.6%
8 Ireland21.8%
9 Portugal20.7%
10 Slovenia19.0%
11 New Zealand18.6%
11 Norway18.6%
11 Switzerland18.6%
14 Australia17.9%
15 Finland17.7%
16 France17.0%
17 United Kingdom16.4%
18 Spain14.8%
19 Belgium14.5%
20 Canada13.2%
21 Czech Republic11.3%
22 Japan 11.2%
23 Sweden10.8%
24 Denmark10.3%

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 = -1.007691 X +7.020
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -58785.946083 X +63023.348
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -12.651563 X +83.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.467759 X +1.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.384619 X +10.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002