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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 France19.8%
3 Canada18.3%
4 United Kingdom17.2%
6 Germany10.9%
7 United States9.8%
8 Japan8.5%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.239301 X +6.171
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -53796.278009 X +60378.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.328623 X +79.970
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.584211 X +1.290
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -30.550788 X +14.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296