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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Having children restricts the employment and career chances of one or both parents.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany54.5%
2 Republic of Korea52.0%
3 France49.1%
4 Japan 40.5%
5 Australia40.3%
6 United Kingdom35.4%
7 United States33.5%
8 Canada33.4%
9 Sweden31.2%

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 = -2.734286 X +7.922
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -73025.502521 X +81331.259
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.537681 X +79.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.037779 X +1.913
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 26.844759 X +3.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168