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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 "We have about the same income"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 France21.7%
5 Canada 14.6%
6 United Kingdom11.2%
7 Germany11.1%
8 United States8.0%
9 Japan6.5%

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 = 2.077071 X +6.374
Correlation coefficient (r)0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -48428.170185 X +58702.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 6.335314 X +80.511
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.006314 X +1.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -19.659473 X +12.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152