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Question: How often do you feel that the demands of your family life interfere with your job?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico13.2%
2 Switzerland11.0%
3 Spain8.0%
4 Canada7.8%
5 Portugal7.4%
6 Sweden5.9%
7 Germany5.8%
8 Australia5.3%
8 United States5.3%
10 Czech Republic5.2%
11 Denmark5.1%
12 United Kingdom4.9%
13 Ireland4.6%
14 Latvia4.5%
15 Japan 4.3%
16 Israel4.1%
17 France3.9%
18 New Zealand3.8%
19 Republic of Korea3.1%
20 Finland2.9%
21 Belgium2.5%
22 Slovenia2.4%
23 Norway2.3%
24 Hungary1.9%

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 = -0.516855 X +6.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -59638.505770 X +52704.350
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -32.829790 X +82.417
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.213504 X +1.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -67.489923 X +14.138
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235