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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "No paid job at all" among men
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus18.7%
2 Germany13.0%
3 Spain12.4%
4 Ireland10.8%
4 United Kingdom10.8%
6 Portugal10.6%
7 Finland 10.0%
8 Czech Republic9.2%
9 Slovenia7.7%
10 Japan7.5%
11 Israel7.4%
12 United States7.3%
13 Switzerland7.2%
14 Russian Federation6.8%
15 Australia6.2%
16 Canada5.8%
17 Latvia5.4%
18 Bulgaria5.3%
19 Denmark5.2%
20 New Zealand4.6%
21 Sweden4.3%
22 South Africa3.9%
23 Taiwan3.7%
24 Belgium3.3%
25 Norway2.9%
26 Republic of Korea2.5%
27 Dominican Republic2.2%
28 Hungary1.6%
28 Philippines1.6%
30 France1.3%
31 Mexico0.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 3.353948 X +6.389
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 121323.740891 X +33627.048
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 35.893722 X +76.942
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.324558 X +1.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -33.839772 X +15.268
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049