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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States25.3%
3 Canada18.8%
4 United Kingdom18.3%
6 France13.0%
7 Germany10.5%
9 Japan5.9%

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 = 3.039043 X +6.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 199363.999328 X +22299.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -25.708162 X +85.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.804
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.646

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.301168 X +1.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 10.499706 X +8.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070