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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 men
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary83.5%
2 South Africa83.4%
3 Bulgaria81.7%
4 France79.0%
5 Norway76.6%
6 United States76.3%
7 Belgium76.2%
7 Czech Republic 76.2%
9 Germany75.4%
10 Japan75.0%
11 Latvia74.7%
12 Portugal73.2%
13 Russian Federation72.6%
14 Philippines72.1%
15 Spain70.8%
16 Slovenia70.7%
17 Cyprus70.0%
18 Israel69.9%
19 Ireland69.4%
20 Denmark68.8%
21 Australia68.4%
22 New Zealand66.8%
23 Dominican Republic65.0%
24 Canada63.0%
24 Taiwan63.0%
26 Finland62.5%
26 United Kingdom62.5%
28 Sweden60.8%
29 Switzerland56.7%
30 Mexico56.4%
31 Republic of Korea54.6%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -3.070509 X +8.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -77108.596395 X +95548.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -24.222114 X +96.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.893123 X +1.028
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 8.953503 X +6.753
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012