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Question: Do you think that women should work outside the home full-time, part-time or not at all under the following circumstances? - After the youngest child starts school.
Choices: "Work Full-time" "Work Part-time" "Stay at home"
Data: % of "Stay at home"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 26.4%
2 Germany20.7%
3 Italy16.6%
4 Australia11.1%
5 Canada9.2%
6 United States8.4%
7 United Kingdom8.0%
8 Sweden3.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.464178 X +7.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.802
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.643

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -96006.373465 X +64654.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 12.057767 X +80.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.248205 X +1.656
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.672704 X +12.075
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000