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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of men who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan88.3%
2 Turkiye88.0%
3 Austria 81.7%
4 Switzerland79.6%
5 Netherlands77.7%
6 Germany77.1%
7 Chile75.1%
8 United Kingdom74.0%
9 Canada73.9%
10 Spain73.7%
11 Norway72.2%
12 Mexico71.9%
13 Slovakia71.6%
14 Republic of Korea71.4%
15 Hungary69.9%
16 Latvia69.8%
17 Iceland69.6%
18 United States67.7%
19 Sweden67.4%
20 Ireland67.3%
21 France66.9%
22 Israel66.7%
23 Poland66.3%
24 Belgium65.6%
25 Czech Republic62.7%
26 Slovenia62.5%
27 Portugal59.2%
28 Australia56.8%
29 Finland56.6%
30 Denmark54.0%
30 Lithuania54.0%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. 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 = -2.964724 X +8.792
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -17567.215549 X +59907.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 3.526495 X +78.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.193834 X +1.663
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -14.974931 X +20.897
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101