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Question: How difficult would it be for you to take an hour or two off during working hours, to take care of personal or family matters?
Choices: "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult" "Somewhat difficult" "Very difficult"
Data: % of "Not difficult at all" "Not too difficult"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States73.5%
2 Sweden73.4%
3 Australia72.9%
4 United Kingdom67.2%
5 Germany60.5%
6 France51.7%
7 Japan 49.0%

Note
% among those who work currently. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.475284 X +4.664
Correlation coefficient (r)0.844
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.712

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 92619.856576 X -5734.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.889
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.790

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.854278 X +88.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.297857 X +1.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.631109 X +14.913
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010