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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal55.8%
2 Sweden31.5%
3 Norway30.7%
4 Finland26.8%
5 Latvia23.1%
6 Lithuania21.7%
7 France19.8%
8 Belgium19.4%
9 Denmark19.1%
10 Canada18.3%
11 Ireland17.8%
12 Czech Republic17.4%
13 United Kingdom17.2%
14 Netherlands17.1%
15 Slovakia16.4%
16 Switzerland15.6%
17 Slovenia15.5%
18 Austria14.3%
19 Australia12.3%
19 Iceland12.3%
21 Germany10.9%
22 United States9.8%
23 Japan 8.5%
24 Poland7.8%
25 Mexico7.6%
26 Hungary7.5%
27 Spain7.4%
28 Chile6.4%
29 Israel3.7%
30 Republic of Korea2.7%
31 Turkiye1.4%

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 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.326485 X +6.514
Correlation coefficient (r)0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 39373.567288 X +41374.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 3.535013 X +79.964
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.494605 X +1.607
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 3.753632 X +9.867
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010