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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work" among men
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan62.0%
3 France45.6%
4 Germany45.3%
5 Canada42.1%
6 United States41.8%
8 United Kingdom39.2%

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 = -3.405939 X +8.194
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.952
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.906

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -119133.287663 X +107603.479
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.617
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.381

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 16.143444 X +73.857
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.326920 X +2.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 11.359683 X +5.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115