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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 "No paid job at all" among women
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom16.7%
2 Spain15.5%
3 Poland15.0%
4 Netherlands13.2%
5 United States12.2%
6 Czech Republic11.9%
7 Japan 10.7%
8 Canada7.8%
9 New Zealand7.2%
10 Switzerland7.1%
11 Denmark6.9%
12 Germany6.7%
13 Slovenia6.6%
14 Israel6.5%
15 Norway4.9%
16 Italy4.0%
17 Sweden3.7%
18 Portugal3.5%
19 Hungary2.8%
20 France1.5%

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 = -0.423476 X +6.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -54815.810289 X +52228.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -10.211304 X +81.869
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.434030 X +1.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -18.481633 X +13.659
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056