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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden59.5%
2 France51.1%
3 Australia50.6%
3 Finland50.6%
5 New Zealand47.5%
6 Japan 45.2%
7 Latvia44.0%
8 Ireland43.3%
9 Norway43.2%
10 United Kingdom42.5%
11 Czech Republic42.1%
12 Slovenia40.0%
13 United States37.1%
14 Hungary36.5%
15 Belgium36.1%
16 Switzerland35.4%
17 Poland34.9%
18 Chile32.8%
19 Germany28.5%
20 Austria24.3%
20 Slovakia24.3%
22 Israel23.0%
23 Mexico21.2%
24 Republic of Korea15.1%

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 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.501059 X +6.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 67754.899745 X +20990.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 11.200945 X +75.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.023179 X +1.635
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.320727 X +10.013
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005