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Question: What kind of marriage do you think is the more satisfying way of life?
Choices: "One where the husband provides for the family and the wife takes care of the house and children" "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Data: % of "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden97.0%
2 Spain94.9%
3 France93.3%
4 Germany86.2%
5 Canada85.7%
6 Netherlands84.9%
7 United Kingdom84.5%
8 Bulgaria84.2%
9 Brazil81.9%
10 South Africa79.3%
11 Italy79.0%
11 Japan79.0%
13 Kenya78.7%
14 Argentina78.5%
15 Greece76.5%
15 Republic of Korea 76.5%
17 United States76.4%
18 Australia76.3%
19 Mexico74.4%
20 Hungary74.0%
21 Russian Federation72.8%
22 Poland72.1%
23 Ukraine69.2%
24 Slovakia68.8%
25 Israel67.1%
26 Nigeria66.9%
27 Philippines66.1%
28 Czech Republic65.4%
29 Lebanon64.0%
30 Turkiye63.3%
31 Lithuania61.8%
32 India58.6%
33 Indonesia51.5%
34 Tunisia50.6%

Note
Other/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 4.694514 X +2.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 101270.786202 X -48136.668
Correlation coefficient (r)0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 26.902443 X +55.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.031102 X +3.338
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 7.237353 X +4.231
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019