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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 "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea52.6%
2 Mexico37.9%
3 Israel35.8%
4 Chile35.4%
5 Slovakia32.9%
6 Germany32.8%
7 Austria27.9%
8 United States24.0%
9 Hungary23.8%
10 Belgium19.0%
11 Ireland17.5%
12 United Kingdom16.8%
13 Switzerland16.6%
14 Australia16.2%
14 New Zealand16.2%
16 Czech Republic15.4%
17 Norway15.0%
18 Poland14.6%
19 Latvia14.5%
20 Finland13.6%
21 Slovenia10.9%
22 Japan 10.4%
23 France8.4%
24 Sweden8.2%

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 = -1.251057 X +7.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -62131.806537 X +60015.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.105008 X +81.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.061419 X +1.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.360152 X +10.814
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000