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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 "No paid job at all" among women
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain22.4%
2 Ireland18.2%
3 Japan 17.6%
4 Germany17.2%
5 United Kingdom14.6%
6 Portugal11.9%
7 Switzerland11.8%
8 United States11.0%
9 Israel10.4%
10 Australia9.6%
11 Slovenia7.2%
12 Canada6.9%
12 Denmark6.9%
14 Finland6.7%
15 Czech Republic6.4%
15 Republic of Korea6.4%
17 Sweden6.2%
18 New Zealand5.8%
19 Latvia5.5%
20 Hungary3.7%
21 Belgium3.6%
22 Mexico2.3%
22 Norway2.3%
24 France0.5%

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 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.675456 X +6.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 62431.159084 X +43997.816
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 21.417794 X +78.785
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.015865 X +1.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -20.746036 X +12.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097