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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 "No paid job at all" among women
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom16.7%
2 United States12.2%
3 Japan 10.7%
4 Canada7.8%
5 Germany6.7%
6 Italy4.0%
7 Sweden3.7%
8 France1.5%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.473360 X +6.857
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 41645.022098 X +46580.213
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.156246 X +82.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.623643 X +1.574
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.575759 X +12.845
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009