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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden54.5%
2 Slovenia54.4%
3 Norway53.3%
4 Poland52.3%
5 Finland52.0%
6 Hungary51.1%
7 Denmark50.8%
8 Latvia50.3%
9 Israel48.1%
10 Netherlands47.1%
11 France45.9%
12 United States44.8%
13 Portugal44.4%
14 Belgium42.7%
15 Spain41.5%
16 United Kingdom40.4%
17 Germany39.2%
18 Ireland39.1%
19 Austria38.7%
20 Switzerland38.4%
21 Slovakia38.2%
22 New Zealand37.4%
23 Czech Republic35.9%
24 Mexico35.3%
25 Chile 33.2%
26 Australia29.2%
27 Japan22.7%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. 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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.853337 X +5.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 21607.930070 X +39551.835
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -5.561535 X +83.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.194578 X +1.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 7.795117 X +6.635
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048