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Question: How often has each of the following happened to you during the past three months? - It has been difficult for me to fulfil my family responsibilities because of the amount of time I spent on my job
Choices: "Several times a week" "Several times a month" "Once or twice" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a week"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States11.2%
2 France9.9%
3 Japan 9.7%
4 Australia8.4%
5 United Kingdom8.2%
6 Sweden7.1%
7 Germany5.9%

Note
Those who do not work/ Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -11.235710 X +7.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 62352.312905 X +48188.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -33.301414 X +84.516
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.225692 X +1.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 67.361520 X +7.416
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196