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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary83.5%
2 France79.0%
3 Norway76.6%
4 United States76.3%
5 Belgium76.2%
5 Czech Republic76.2%
7 Germany75.4%
8 Japan 75.0%
9 Latvia74.7%
10 Portugal73.2%
11 Spain70.8%
12 Slovenia70.7%
13 Israel69.9%
14 Ireland69.4%
15 Denmark68.8%
16 Australia68.4%
17 New Zealand66.8%
18 Canada63.0%
19 Finland62.5%
19 United Kingdom62.5%
21 Sweden60.8%
22 Switzerland56.7%
23 Mexico56.4%
24 Republic of Korea54.6%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.357462 X +7.792
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -38148.695703 X +75533.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.578817 X +86.898
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.592056 X +1.180
Correlation coefficient (r)0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.644909 X +12.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000