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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of the female respondents who answer "Always me" "Usually me" and the male respondents who answer "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic93.7%
2 Slovakia93.6%
3 Portugal91.4%
4 Slovenia88.7%
5 Poland88.3%
6 Germany87.8%
7 Hungary87.7%
8 Japan 87.4%
9 Lithuania87.2%
10 France86.4%
11 Republic of Korea86.3%
12 Belgium85.9%
13 Netherlands85.4%
13 Switzerland85.4%
13 Turkiye85.4%
16 Latvia82.8%
17 Ireland82.6%
18 Mexico82.4%
19 Chile82.0%
20 Finland81.9%
21 Norway81.8%
22 United Kingdom81.2%
23 Spain80.6%
24 Australia78.8%
25 Israel77.6%
26 Denmark75.6%
27 Iceland75.3%
28 Canada74.8%
29 Sweden73.6%
30 United States66.6%
31 Austria49.7%

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 = -2.401323 X +8.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -115349.929699 X +142478.157
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -4.940193 X +84.589
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.397605 X +1.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.366413 X +10.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000