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Question: Have you ever given up or would you give up good job opportunities for the benefit of your family life?
Choices: "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again" "No, I have not done so but probably would do so" "No, I have not done so and probably would not do so"
Data: % of "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States48.4%
2 Australia48.2%
3 France47.5%
4 Chile43.6%
5 Israel43.2%
6 Iceland43.0%
7 New Zealand41.2%
8 Mexico39.2%
9 Norway37.6%
10 Latvia37.1%
11 United Kingdom34.7%
12 Denmark34.3%
13 Sweden33.7%
14 Germany32.7%
15 Switzerland31.8%
16 Japan 31.0%
17 Czech Republic30.1%
18 Slovenia29.7%
19 Belgium29.0%
20 Estonia28.6%
21 Lithuania27.7%
22 Spain27.5%
23 Austria25.5%
24 Hungary23.5%
24 Slovakia23.5%
26 Poland19.4%
27 Finland18.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.921788 X +6.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 89427.764722 X +16560.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 7.237715 X +77.865
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.873320 X +0.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.285692 X +12.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025