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Question: In a family, when it comes to making important decisions about household finances, who do you think have influence?
Choices: "Men generally have more influence" "Women generally have more influence" "Men and women generally have about the same influence"
Data: % of "Women generally have more influence"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan29.7%
2 Poland28.2%
3 Greece25.7%
4 Russian Federation24.5%
5 Slovakia23.8%
6 Republic of Korea23.6%
7 South Africa22.7%
8 Ukraine21.8%
9 Brazil20.8%
10 Philippines19.9%
11 Argentina19.8%
12 Hungary 19.7%
13 Lithuania18.4%
13 Netherlands18.4%
15 Czech Republic16.9%
16 Indonesia15.2%
17 France15.1%
18 Tunisia15.0%
19 Kenya14.8%
20 Australia14.5%
21 Lebanon12.2%
22 United States12.1%
23 India12.0%
24 Germany11.5%
25 Israel11.4%
26 Turkiye11.2%
27 Bulgaria11.1%
27 United Kingdom11.1%
29 Canada10.9%
30 Mexico10.3%
31 Nigeria9.7%
32 Italy9.3%
33 Spain7.8%
34 Sweden7.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.069973 X +6.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -81760.934338 X +38970.746
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.394444 X +75.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.624366 X +2.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 37.871071 X +3.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158