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Question: If you could change the way you spend your time, how would you change the time in a paid job?
Choices: "Much more time" "A bit more time" "Same time as now" "A bit less time" "Much less time"
Data: % of "Much more time" "A bit more time"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines72.7%
2 South Africa66.0%
3 Mexico58.8%
4 Bulgaria57.2%
5 Dominican Republic54.6%
6 Republic of Korea53.0%
7 Taiwan51.2%
8 Israel45.6%
9 Hungary34.5%
10 Germany34.1%
11 Latvia26.3%
12 Russian Federation24.5%
13 United States23.6%
14 Ireland21.8%
15 Portugal20.7%
16 Slovenia19.0%
17 New Zealand18.6%
17 Norway18.6%
17 Switzerland18.6%
20 Australia17.9%
21 Cyprus17.8%
22 Finland17.7%
23 France17.0%
24 United Kingdom16.4%
25 Spain 14.8%
26 Belgium14.5%
27 Canada13.2%
28 Czech Republic11.3%
29 Japan11.2%
30 Sweden10.8%
31 Denmark10.3%

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

No data for 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.293466 X +7.265
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -78551.806081 X +64052.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -17.369101 X +84.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.231878 X +1.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.554
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.307

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.184137 X +13.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009