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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
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 men who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland91.1%
1 Slovakia91.1%
3 Iceland89.4%
4 Denmark89.3%
5 Poland89.2%
6 Canada88.5%
7 Germany87.9%
8 Australia87.7%
9 Slovenia87.1%
10 Austria86.4%
11 United Kingdom85.7%
12 Portugal84.6%
13 Lithuania84.1%
13 Norway84.1%
13 Sweden84.1%
16 Latvia84.0%
17 Czech Republic83.9%
18 Hungary83.7%
19 United States83.2%
20 Switzerland82.8%
21 France82.6%
22 Ireland81.4%
23 Argentina80.5%
24 Spain80.3%
25 Croatia79.6%
26 Israel79.4%
26 Philippines79.4%
28 Russian Federation79.3%
29 Taiwan78.8%
30 South Africa78.5%
31 Venezuela77.6%
32 Japan 75.6%
33 Bulgaria75.0%
34 China74.8%
35 Netherlands73.8%
36 Turkiye73.1%
37 Chile72.9%
38 Belgium72.6%
39 Republic of Korea71.4%
40 Mexico59.9%
41 India34.5%

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 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 4.803946 X +2.622
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 111947.781029 X -50683.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 20.162240 X +62.522
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.867130 X +2.306
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.707854 X +9.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000