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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" among women
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia67.3%
2 Portugal63.9%
3 Hungary62.9%
4 Poland60.8%
5 Spain54.5%
6 Czech Republic51.6%
7 United States46.5%
8 New Zealand45.2%
9 Canada44.7%
10 Israel44.5%
11 Japan 42.6%
12 Denmark42.4%
13 Germany39.1%
14 Sweden35.9%
15 Norway34.7%
16 France34.5%
17 United Kingdom30.0%
18 Italy28.2%
19 Netherlands27.0%
20 Switzerland15.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 = -1.575596 X +7.464
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -112715.154581 X +97417.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -11.150084 X +85.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.106239 X +1.661
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 4.341568 X +7.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045