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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of women who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan23.6%
3 United States13.9%
5 France 11.1%
6 United Kingdom10.2%
7 Germany6.5%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.082073 X +7.106
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.904
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.817

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -90851.832762 X +64518.249
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 15.022895 X +79.318
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.733872 X +1.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 28.981373 X +6.525
Correlation coefficient (r)0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371