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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the least desirable way for them to organise their family and work life?
Choices: "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time." "The mother works part-time and the father works full-time." "Both the mother and the father work full-time." "Both the mother and the father work part-time." "The father works part-time and the mother works full-time." "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Data: % of "Both the mother and the father work full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia65.2%
2 United Kingdom62.4%
3 Sweden56.2%
4 Germany55.2%
5 Canada48.5%
6 Japan 47.0%
7 United States36.3%
8 France33.9%
9 Republic of Korea33.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.383406 X +5.639
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 30503.207354 X +36483.051
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.495864 X +80.631
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.640596 X +1.175
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -31.146629 X +29.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.662
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.438