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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 "Work Full-time"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada48.3%
2 United States37.8%
3 Sweden25.3%
4 United Kingdom18.4%
5 Japan 17.1%
6 Italy17.0%
7 Australia16.1%
8 Germany12.2%

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 = 0.882334 X +6.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 36246.775636 X +43501.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7.367373 X +83.433
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.118073 X +1.465
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.642045 X +10.326
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081