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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of "No, there should be no paid leave"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India49.1%
2 Australia31.8%
3 Netherlands25.9%
4 Ireland25.1%
5 Mexico24.9%
6 China21.4%
7 Belgium19.4%
8 United States17.9%
9 Denmark17.0%
10 France16.0%
11 Canada14.8%
12 Slovenia14.5%
13 United Kingdom13.7%
14 Philippines12.6%
15 Japan11.8%
15 Switzerland11.8%
17 Norway10.4%
18 Austria9.9%
19 Finland 9.6%
20 Taiwan9.2%
21 Turkiye7.9%
22 Hungary6.7%
23 Germany6.6%
24 Spain6.1%
25 Republic of Korea5.5%
26 Sweden5.2%
26 Venezuela5.2%
28 South Africa4.7%
29 Argentina4.2%
30 Chile3.3%
31 Czech Republic3.2%
31 Latvia3.2%
33 Portugal2.3%
34 Israel2.2%
35 Iceland2.0%
35 Russian Federation2.0%
37 Lithuania1.8%
37 Slovakia1.8%
39 Poland1.0%
40 Croatia0.8%
41 Bulgaria0.5%

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

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -0.668299 X +6.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 53069.235885 X +31068.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.029035 X +78.563
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.456300 X +1.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -8.751898 X +13.927
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021