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Question: Who should pay for [parental] leave?
Choices: "The government" "The employer" "Both the government and the employer" "Other sources"
Data: % of "The government"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal71.6%
2 Sweden70.6%
3 Latvia68.0%
4 Austria 67.5%
5 Israel66.0%
6 Norway65.8%
7 Czech Republic65.4%
8 Hungary61.4%
9 Slovakia60.1%
10 Lithuania57.9%
11 Poland56.6%
12 Slovenia56.0%
13 Turkiye49.8%
14 Germany49.2%
15 Finland46.3%
16 Spain41.8%
17 Belgium41.5%
18 Iceland36.8%
19 Chile36.0%
20 Denmark32.9%
21 Mexico32.6%
22 France29.6%
23 Republic of Korea29.0%
24 Canada26.1%
24 Japan26.1%
26 Australia26.0%
27 Ireland25.4%
28 Switzerland23.5%
29 United Kingdom20.5%
30 Netherlands19.7%
31 United States7.1%

Note
Those who do not think that parental leave is necessary/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.544381 X +6.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -48483.002479 X +66438.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -4.367420 X +82.335
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.284056 X +1.467
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.880536 X +12.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004