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Question: Who should pay for [parental] leave?
Choices: "The government" "The employer" "Both the government and the employer" "Other sources"
Data: % of "Both the government and the employer"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland69.4%
2 Australia67.0%
3 Canada64.8%
4 Netherlands64.3%
5 United Kingdom63.7%
6 Taiwan62.9%
7 Switzerland61.5%
8 Denmark60.3%
9 Japan59.5%
10 France 59.1%
10 Iceland59.1%
12 Republic of Korea57.4%
13 Chile51.4%
14 Argentina51.3%
15 Belgium51.1%
16 United States50.4%
17 Mexico50.1%
18 Finland46.6%
19 Germany45.8%
19 Spain45.8%
21 Croatia39.7%
22 Slovenia39.2%
23 Lithuania38.1%
24 Slovakia37.1%
25 Norway33.1%
26 Venezuela32.6%
27 Bulgaria32.4%
27 Turkiye32.4%
29 China31.7%
30 Israel29.1%
31 Hungary28.9%
32 Russian Federation28.8%
33 Austria28.1%
34 Poland28.0%
35 Czech Republic27.8%
36 Sweden27.7%
37 Latvia26.4%
38 India24.9%
39 Philippines24.6%
39 Portugal24.6%
41 South Africa23.9%

Note
Those who do not think that parental leave is necessary/ 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 = 2.854009 X +5.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 100329.064379 X -6769.691
Correlation coefficient (r)0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 18.421733 X +70.764
Correlation coefficient (r)0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.830435 X +2.034
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.772070 X +13.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000