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Question: How often do you feel that the demands of your family life interfere with your job?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Hardly ever" "Never"
Data: % of "Always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa15.5%
2 Philippines15.2%
3 Mexico13.2%
4 Bulgaria11.7%
5 Switzerland11.0%
6 Dominican Republic8.0%
6 Spain8.0%
8 Canada7.8%
9 Portugal7.4%
10 Sweden5.9%
11 Germany5.8%
12 Cyprus5.4%
13 Australia5.3%
13 United States5.3%
15 Czech Republic5.2%
16 Denmark5.1%
17 United Kingdom4.9%
18 Ireland4.6%
19 Latvia4.5%
20 Japan4.3%
21 Israel4.1%
22 France3.9%
23 New Zealand3.8%
24 Republic of Korea3.1%
24 Russian Federation3.1%
26 Finland 2.9%
27 Belgium2.5%
28 Slovenia2.4%
29 Norway2.3%
30 Hungary1.9%
30 Taiwan1.9%

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 = -7.496741 X +7.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -242741.923974 X +56007.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -72.783697 X +83.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 4.775146 X +1.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -54.292081 X +16.388
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104