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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan74.7%
3 Germany63.0%
4 United Kingdom61.5%
5 United States59.2%
6 France 55.0%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.285910 X +8.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -125344.638546 X +131219.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 17.495900 X +70.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.671513 X +3.225
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.970
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.941

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 7.852839 X +5.388
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035