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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" among men
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary83.5%
2 France79.0%
3 Norway76.6%
4 United States76.3%
5 Belgium76.2%
5 Czech Republic76.2%
7 Germany75.4%
8 Japan 75.0%
9 Latvia74.7%
10 Portugal73.2%
11 Spain70.8%
12 Slovenia70.7%
13 Israel69.9%
14 Ireland69.4%
15 Denmark68.8%
16 Australia68.4%
17 New Zealand66.8%
18 Canada63.0%
19 Finland62.5%
19 United Kingdom62.5%
21 Sweden60.8%
22 Switzerland56.7%
23 Mexico56.4%
24 Republic of Korea54.6%

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 = -1.713583 X +7.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -26279.118056 X +67850.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.643432 X +86.014
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.904614 X +0.987
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.425952 X +12.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003