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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 mother stays at home and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden20.3%
2 France18.3%
3 Germany11.6%
4 Canada11.1%
5 United Kingdom9.1%
6 Australia8.7%
7 United States5.7%
8 Japan 5.1%
9 Republic of Korea3.1%

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 = 5.193396 X +6.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 44210.521773 X +46749.357
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.516595 X +81.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.307812 X +1.145
Correlation coefficient (r)0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -40.917049 X +19.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173