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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden51.1%
2 France46.7%
3 United Kingdom45.2%
4 Norway40.0%
5 Czech Republic34.8%
6 United States33.6%
7 Japan32.7%
8 New Zealand32.5%
8 Switzerland32.5%
10 Germany 31.1%
11 Denmark31.0%
12 Netherlands29.5%
13 Canada29.0%
14 Poland28.9%
15 Slovenia25.4%
16 Portugal25.2%
17 Italy22.8%
18 Israel22.0%
19 Hungary20.2%
20 Spain10.8%

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 = 2.078794 X +6.215
Correlation coefficient (r)0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 94219.546303 X +18278.592
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 4.212817 X +79.713
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.255373 X +1.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 8.393454 X +9.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051