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Question: In deciding on pay for two people doing the same kind of work, how important should be the person's family responsibilities?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada83.6%
2 Spain59.1%
3 Netherlands50.9%
4 Israel47.9%
5 Italy44.2%
6 Hungary40.3%
7 Portugal38.8%
8 Japan 38.4%
9 Poland38.0%
10 Denmark34.6%
11 Switzerland33.6%
12 United Kingdom29.5%
13 Slovenia29.0%
14 United States28.9%
15 Germany24.9%
16 Czech Republic23.2%
17 New Zealand21.2%
18 Sweden19.7%
19 France16.3%
20 Norway11.1%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.437719 X +6.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -31612.130165 X +59546.086
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.513767 X +80.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.259151 X +1.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.856171 X +11.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083