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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable way for them to organise their family and work life?
Choices: "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time." "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time." "Both the mother and the father work full-time." "Both the mother and the father work part-time." "The father works part-time and the mother works full-time." "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Data: % of "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye74.8%
2 Chile65.7%
3 Portugal56.4%
4 Republic of Korea52.5%
5 Israel50.0%
5 Lithuania50.0%
7 Czech Republic47.5%
8 Slovenia47.4%
9 Hungary46.9%
10 Slovakia46.4%
11 Mexico45.1%
12 Latvia42.1%
13 Poland41.9%
14 United States37.5%
15 Iceland33.3%
16 France28.8%
17 Japan 27.2%
18 Austria27.1%
19 Switzerland26.4%
20 Belgium24.6%
21 Canada19.6%
22 Germany19.1%
23 Denmark18.2%
24 Norway17.8%
25 Finland16.9%
26 Australia14.5%
27 United Kingdom14.1%
28 Netherlands13.3%
29 Ireland12.7%
30 Sweden12.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.307674 X +7.529
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -102985.943272 X +83523.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.265894 X +83.282
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.289170 X +1.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.292988 X +11.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003