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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Japan13.6%
3 United States11.4%
4 United Kingdom9.3%
5 France7.3%
7 Germany5.5%
8 Canada3.6%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.902583 X +7.126
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.751
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.564

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -16553.924743 X +54200.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 5.489604 X +80.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.094971 X +1.521
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 37.478236 X +7.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259