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Question: Have you ever given up or would you give up good job opportunities 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 Australia61.7%
2 New Zealand57.5%
3 United States52.5%
4 France51.7%
5 Japan50.7%
6 Germany49.0%
7 Israel48.1%
8 United Kingdom47.7%
9 Switzerland44.8%
10 Latvia44.3%
11 Chile43.8%
12 Philippines43.5%
13 Estonia41.9%
14 Czech Republic41.1%
15 Denmark38.4%
16 Belgium38.1%
17 Venezuela38.0%
18 Lithuania36.6%
19 Austria36.3%
20 Slovakia 36.0%
21 Mexico35.5%
22 Norway34.0%
23 Russian Federation33.7%
24 India33.3%
25 Iceland33.2%
25 Spain33.2%
27 Sweden32.6%
28 Taiwan31.1%
29 China30.8%
30 Georgia30.3%
31 Finland29.4%
32 Slovenia28.5%
33 Croatia25.6%
34 South Africa23.6%
35 Poland22.4%
36 Hungary19.7%
37 Suriname16.2%

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 = 2.935057 X +5.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 104471.877497 X -4410.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 21.064929 X +70.218
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.243933 X +1.816
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -17.465857 X +20.111
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095