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Question: Consider a couple who both work full-time and now have a new born child. One of them stops working for some time to care for their child. Do you think there should be paid leave available and, if so, for how long?
Choices: "Yes, (write number) months" "No, there should be no paid leave"
Data: % of "No, there should be no paid leave"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia31.8%
2 Netherlands25.9%
3 Ireland25.1%
4 Mexico24.9%
5 Belgium19.4%
6 United States17.9%
7 Denmark17.0%
8 France16.0%
9 Canada14.8%
10 Slovenia14.5%
11 United Kingdom13.7%
12 Japan 11.8%
12 Switzerland11.8%
14 Norway10.4%
15 Austria9.9%
16 Finland9.6%
17 Turkiye7.9%
18 Hungary6.7%
19 Germany6.6%
20 Spain6.1%
21 Republic of Korea5.5%
22 Sweden5.2%
23 Chile3.3%
24 Czech Republic3.2%
24 Latvia3.2%
26 Portugal2.3%
27 Israel2.2%
28 Iceland2.0%
29 Lithuania1.8%
29 Slovakia1.8%
31 Poland1.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 2.086125 X +6.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 123819.883704 X +31749.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 7.062066 X +79.650
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.177597 X +1.573
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -9.269229 X +14.251
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020