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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea53.0%
2 Germany34.1%
3 United States23.6%
4 Australia17.9%
5 France17.0%
6 United Kingdom16.4%
7 Canada13.2%
8 Japan 11.2%
9 Sweden10.8%

Note
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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.711955 X +7.174
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -30566.469723 X +58015.231
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.481465 X +81.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.422988 X +1.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.692
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.479

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 31.598944 X +7.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573