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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 men
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom9.0%
2 Czech Republic8.4%
3 United States7.1%
4 Canada6.6%
5 Denmark6.0%
6 Netherlands5.5%
6 Spain5.5%
8 Japan5.3%
9 Poland5.0%
10 Israel4.2%
11 Germany4.1%
12 New Zealand3.8%
13 Slovenia3.7%
14 Italy3.4%
15 Portugal3.1%
16 Sweden 3.0%
17 Norway2.5%
18 Switzerland2.1%
19 Hungary2.0%
20 France1.1%

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 = 2.286058 X +6.672
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -108144.371354 X +53215.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -31.486948 X +82.469
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.509402 X +1.638
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -8.881709 X +9.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005