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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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile 69.1%
2 Argentina62.9%
3 Mexico60.8%
4 Venezuela57.5%

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 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 4.471626 X +3.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 92223.991619 X -46840.663
Correlation coefficient (r)0.864
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.746

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 78.823119 X +24.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.927
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.859

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -5.285141 X +5.172
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.938
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.880

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 48.973983 X -24.753
Correlation coefficient (r)0.839
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.704