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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best 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 "Both the mother and the father work full-time."
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway52.4%
2 Finland42.9%
3 Iceland34.4%
4 Denmark33.7%
5 Slovenia33.3%
6 Israel32.3%
7 France31.0%
8 Greece29.3%
9 United States28.8%
10 Poland28.7%
11 Slovakia27.5%
12 Spain26.4%
13 Hungary23.0%
14 Sweden22.6%
15 Czech Republic19.8%
16 Lithuania15.8%
17 Italy15.3%
18 Japan 11.4%
19 Germany10.6%
20 Australia8.0%
21 New Zealand6.8%
22 Netherlands6.5%
23 Austria5.5%
24 Switzerland4.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.888598 X +6.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.907362 X +6.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.847376 X +6.643
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4050.098854 X +50895.884
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.140140 X +81.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.527001 X +1.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.828550 X +10.380
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001