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Question: In the last 12 months, how many days of leave from your work, if any, did you take altogether (do not include maternity or sick leaves or similar types of leave)?
Choices: "None" "1-5 days" "6-10 days" "11-20 days" "21-30 days" "More than 30 days"
Data: % of "21-30 days" "More than 30 days" in those answering any of those answers
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 65.6%
2 Finland58.0%
3 Norway55.1%
4 Switzerland55.0%
5 Belgium44.0%
6 United Kingdom38.7%
7 Poland36.5%
8 Latvia33.8%
9 Hungary33.7%
10 Germany30.8%
11 Czech Republic28.2%
12 Slovenia27.2%
13 Australia25.3%
14 Austria24.7%
15 New Zealand24.0%
16 Ireland22.7%
17 Slovakia22.3%
18 France20.3%
19 Mexico20.1%
20 United States12.2%
21 Israel10.7%
22 Republic of Korea7.1%
23 Japan6.9%
24 Chile2.7%

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 = 1.506574 X +6.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 56972.410184 X +29897.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 3.618505 X +78.894
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.217153 X +1.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.630159 X +10.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001