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Question: Have you ever given up or would you give up good job opportunities for the benefit of your family life?
Choices: "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again" "No, I have not done so but probably would do so" "No, I have not done so and probably would not do so"
Data: % of "Yes, I have done so and probably would do so again" "Yes, I have done so but probably would not do so again"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia55.6%
2 United States50.5%
3 France49.8%
3 New Zealand49.8%
5 Israel45.6%
6 Philippines45.0%
7 Chile43.7%
8 United Kingdom41.9%
9 Japan41.1%
9 Latvia41.1%
11 Germany40.8%
12 Switzerland38.5%
13 Iceland37.4%
14 Mexico37.3%
15 Denmark36.9%
16 India36.7%
17 Czech Republic36.4%
18 Estonia36.2%
19 Venezuela36.1%
20 Norway35.7%
21 Belgium33.7%
22 Sweden33.1%
23 Lithuania32.6%
24 Russian Federation31.4%
25 Austria31.2%
26 Slovakia31.1%
27 Spain30.6%
28 Slovenia29.1%
29 China28.4%
30 Taiwan26.8%
31 Georgia25.8%
32 Croatia25.6%
33 Finland 24.1%
34 South Africa21.8%
35 Hungary21.3%
36 Poland21.1%
37 Suriname18.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 2.846311 X +5.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 112964.738768 X -4781.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 21.410671 X +70.612
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.255413 X +1.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -24.233292 X +22.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135