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Question: In deciding on pay for two people doing the same kind of work, how important should be the person's family responsibilities?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada83.6%
2 Italy44.2%
3 Japan 38.4%
4 United Kingdom29.5%
5 United States28.9%
6 Germany24.9%
7 Sweden19.7%
8 France16.3%

Note
Can't choose Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.183156 X +6.885
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -7336.181361 X +52493.475
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.107789 X +81.142
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.562394 X +1.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.037484 X +13.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064