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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 men who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy19.1%
2 Israel15.9%
3 Ireland14.8%
4 Austria14.4%
5 Japan 13.6%
6 Australia12.1%
7 Russian Federation12.0%
7 Spain12.0%
9 United States11.5%
10 Philippines11.3%
11 Canada10.2%
12 United Kingdom9.7%
13 New Zealand8.4%
14 Germany7.6%
15 Czech Republic7.0%
16 Netherlands6.7%
17 Bulgaria6.6%
18 Hungary4.9%
19 Poland4.7%
20 Norway2.8%
21 Slovenia1.7%
22 Sweden0.9%

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

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.635549 X +6.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 32216.361421 X +41956.917
Correlation coefficient (r)0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 11.662485 X +78.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.185511 X +1.550
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -21.625730 X +11.796
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065