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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 "The mother stays at home and the father works full-time."
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 57.8%
2 Republic of Korea42.2%
3 United Kingdom42.0%
4 Australia41.4%
5 United States38.8%
6 Canada36.0%
7 Germany23.2%
8 France21.3%
9 Sweden10.8%

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 = -2.183946 X +7.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -24531.875760 X +59863.048
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.240636 X +80.716
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.994275 X +1.833
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.993876 X +12.690
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022