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Question: Consider a family with a child under school age. What, in your opinion, is the best 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 Canada17.2%
2 Sweden16.1%
3 France15.2%
4 United States11.6%
5 Germany10.9%
6 Republic of Korea9.3%
7 United Kingdom5.0%
8 Japan 4.0%
9 Australia2.0%

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 = 2.717381 X +6.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 24311.590387 X +48851.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -11.303941 X +82.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.112236 X +1.374
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.184170 X +14.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003