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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea52.6%
2 Germany32.8%
3 United States24.0%
4 United Kingdom16.8%
5 Australia16.2%
6 Japan 10.4%
7 France8.4%
8 Sweden8.2%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.499387 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -25807.062345 X +56687.270
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.170482 X +82.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.554961 X +1.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.791
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.626

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 28.269721 X +9.164
Correlation coefficient (r)0.718
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.516