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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan88.3%
2 Germany77.1%
3 United Kingdom74.0%
4 Canada 73.9%
6 United States67.7%
8 France66.9%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.764498 X +8.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -134347.377144 X +153092.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 18.229883 X +67.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.227894 X +3.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.855
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.731

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.172868 X +10.444
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000