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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Having children restricts the employment and career chances of one or both parents.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
40 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria61.3%
2 Taiwan55.8%
3 Hungary55.1%
4 Switzerland54.7%
5 Germany54.5%
6 Republic of Korea52.0%
7 France49.1%
8 Ireland48.4%
9 Poland47.2%
10 Czech Republic45.8%
11 Portugal43.5%
12 Denmark43.0%
13 Venezuela42.2%
14 Turkiye42.1%
15 Argentina41.5%
16 Japan40.5%
17 Australia40.3%
18 Israel39.6%
19 Russian Federation38.9%
20 Latvia35.5%
21 United Kingdom35.4%
22 Slovenia35.1%
23 India34.9%
24 China34.4%
25 Belgium33.6%
26 United States33.5%
27 Canada33.4%
28 Sweden31.2%
29 Chile30.8%
30 Bulgaria30.3%
31 Iceland30.2%
31 Slovakia 30.2%
33 Mexico29.5%
34 Croatia28.9%
35 Norway28.2%
36 Lithuania27.6%
37 South Africa27.3%
38 Philippines23.4%
39 Netherlands22.1%
40 Finland21.2%

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

No data for 198 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.359735 X +6.615
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 42525.040807 X +22979.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = 13.035791 X +73.655
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -0.816478 X +1.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -3.630553 X +11.994
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005