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Question: How often do you feel that the demands of your job interfere with your family life?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden22.8%
2 Australia22.6%
3 France21.7%
4 United Kingdom21.3%
5 Germany21.1%
6 Mexico20.6%
7 Slovenia18.9%
8 Canada18.5%
8 Portugal18.5%
10 Hungary17.1%
11 Switzerland17.0%
12 New Zealand16.7%
13 Belgium15.8%
14 Spain15.7%
15 Israel15.4%
16 Denmark15.3%
16 Norway15.3%
18 United States15.0%
19 Finland14.9%
20 Ireland13.5%
21 Latvia13.4%
22 Czech Republic12.3%
23 Japan 9.9%
24 Republic of Korea8.0%

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 = 3.119207 X +6.268
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6704.576261 X +50714.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.454951 X +81.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.457183 X +1.205
Correlation coefficient (r)0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -42.607243 X +17.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189