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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 "A full time job (30 hours or more per week)" among men
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal82.7%
2 Poland81.4%
3 Spain80.2%
4 Hungary79.8%
5 Germany79.6%
6 Slovenia78.8%
7 Japan 78.6%
8 Israel77.2%
9 New Zealand76.9%
10 Norway76.5%
11 Netherlands75.9%
12 Denmark75.5%
13 United States71.1%
14 Italy70.9%
15 Sweden70.0%
16 United Kingdom69.7%
17 Canada69.4%
18 Czech Republic68.6%
19 France63.3%
20 Switzerland56.0%

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 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1997

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.534939 X +9.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -166832.431809 X +171353.374
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -7.494916 X +86.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.263516 X +1.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.203073 X +15.255
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006