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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy35.5%
2 Canada31.2%
3 United States28.4%
4 Germany21.3%
5 United Kingdom20.4%
6 France16.4%
7 Sweden15.0%
8 Japan 8.4%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.902052 X +6.620
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 9316.678960 X +47818.718
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.326854 X +84.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.773723 X +1.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.934048 X +16.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278