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Question: Have you ever remained or would you remain in a job that was not satisfying for you 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 Australia58.9%
2 Japan55.8%
3 United States54.4%
4 Latvia51.6%
5 United Kingdom50.7%
6 New Zealand47.1%
7 Taiwan45.5%
8 Poland45.0%
9 Chile41.9%
10 Israel41.2%
11 Spain40.8%
12 France40.5%
13 Russian Federation40.4%
14 Philippines38.7%
15 Sweden38.6%
16 Croatia37.1%
17 Estonia36.9%
17 India36.9%
19 Mexico36.2%
20 Slovakia36.0%
21 Czech Republic35.7%
22 Iceland35.6%
23 Belgium35.1%
23 Denmark35.1%
25 Georgia34.1%
26 Lithuania33.4%
27 Slovenia29.6%
28 Germany29.5%
29 Venezuela29.0%
30 Norway28.5%
31 Switzerland28.0%
32 China27.2%
33 Hungary26.4%
34 South Africa23.8%
35 Austria23.4%
36 Finland 22.6%
37 Suriname21.0%

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 = 0.465669 X +6.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 34053.510655 X +22343.290
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 13.483504 X +73.228
Correlation coefficient (r)0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.691693 X +1.979
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -10.380851 X +17.320
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028