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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan55.3%
3 United States16.8%
4 Germany10.9%
6 Canada10.7%
7 United Kingdom7.6%
8 France3.9%

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 = -1.383269 X +6.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.896
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.803

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -34052.305837 X +58772.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.916135 X +80.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.688681 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7.003300 X +9.087
Correlation coefficient (r)0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234