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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain22.4%
2 Ireland18.2%
3 Japan 17.6%
4 Germany17.2%
5 United Kingdom14.6%
6 Portugal11.9%
7 Switzerland11.8%
8 United States11.0%
9 Israel10.4%
10 Australia9.6%
11 Slovenia7.2%
12 Canada6.9%
12 Denmark6.9%
14 Finland6.7%
15 Czech Republic6.4%
15 Republic of Korea6.4%
17 Sweden6.2%
18 New Zealand5.8%
19 Latvia5.5%
20 Hungary3.7%
21 Belgium3.6%
22 Mexico2.3%
22 Norway2.3%
24 France0.5%

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 = -0.333733 X +6.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 74353.882339 X +42365.658
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 15.314597 X +79.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.111992 X +1.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -25.438604 X +15.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080