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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 all the money and each take out what we need"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Croatia76.7%
2 Slovenia70.5%
3 Poland70.1%
4 Bulgaria69.5%
5 Iceland68.7%
6 Hungary67.9%
7 Spain67.5%
8 Denmark63.7%
9 Slovakia62.0%
10 Germany61.6%
11 France60.5%
11 Netherlands60.5%
13 China59.7%
14 Belgium59.2%
15 Australia58.5%
16 United Kingdom55.1%
17 Israel55.0%
18 Switzerland54.5%
19 Czech Republic54.1%
20 Norway52.7%
21 Canada51.9%
22 Sweden51.7%
23 Ireland50.2%
24 United States49.2%
25 Argentina46.3%
26 Russian Federation45.9%
27 Venezuela44.8%
28 Lithuania43.9%
29 Austria41.8%
30 Latvia41.2%
31 South Africa37.6%
32 Finland37.4%
33 Chile34.8%
34 Turkiye31.3%
35 Taiwan29.4%
36 Portugal27.5%
37 Mexico27.1%
38 Philippines24.9%
39 India16.7%
40 Republic of Korea14.7%
41 Japan 11.2%

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 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 1.676861 X +5.655
Correlation coefficient (r)0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 43776.339689 X +16138.195
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 7.563440 X +74.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.141887 X +1.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -4.430470 X +12.677
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022