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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan82.5%
2 Republic of Korea77.9%
3 Philippines72.5%
4 Japan69.3%
5 China53.4%
6 Mexico51.6%
7 Bulgaria51.4%
8 Australia50.0%
9 Argentina49.4%
10 Russian Federation48.8%
11 Latvia46.9%
12 Ireland46.2%
13 Poland46.0%
14 India45.8%
15 Canada45.2%
16 Chile44.7%
17 Hungary42.6%
18 Slovakia42.0%
19 Iceland41.5%
20 Belgium40.7%
21 Finland 38.1%
22 Austria37.1%
23 Portugal35.8%
24 Croatia35.5%
25 Germany32.9%
26 Lithuania32.0%
27 Denmark31.8%
28 Czech Republic30.3%
29 France30.1%
30 Netherlands27.8%
31 Norway23.2%
32 Israel19.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -2.454608 X +7.566
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -58478.691560 X +62279.873
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -6.876431 X +81.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.483556 X +1.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 4.686176 X +11.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011