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Question: Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?
Choices: "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" "A part-time job (10-29 hours per week)" "A job with less than 10 hours a week" "No paid job at all"
Data: % of "No paid job at all" among men
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bangladesh27.2%
2 Cyprus13.7%
3 United Kingdom9.0%
4 Czech Republic8.4%
5 United States7.1%
6 Canada6.6%
7 Denmark6.0%
8 Bulgaria5.9%
9 Netherlands5.5%
9 Spain5.5%
11 Japan5.3%
12 Poland5.0%
13 Israel4.2%
14 Germany4.1%
15 New Zealand3.8%
15 Philippines3.8%
15 Russian Federation3.8%
18 Slovenia3.7%
19 Italy3.4%
20 Portugal 3.1%
21 Sweden3.0%
22 Norway2.5%
23 Switzerland2.1%
24 Hungary2.0%
25 France1.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.403576 X +6.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -160996.390004 X +49984.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -24.045256 X +81.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.646467 X +1.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -44.988012 X +14.108
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203