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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 "The father stays at home and the mother works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea52.5%
2 United States37.5%
3 France28.8%
4 Japan 27.2%
5 Canada19.6%
6 Germany19.1%
7 Australia14.5%
8 United Kingdom14.1%
9 Sweden12.4%

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 = -2.818271 X +7.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.747
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.558

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -34359.407275 X +59934.354
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.809612 X +82.047
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.346979 X +1.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 37.920467 X +5.268
Correlation coefficient (r)0.872
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.760