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Question: Who usually makes /made the decisions about how to bring up your children?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide/ decided together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India25.2%
2 Venezuela24.7%
3 China20.0%
4 Mexico19.7%
5 Turkiye19.3%
6 Philippines18.4%
6 South Africa18.4%
8 Republic of Korea17.3%
9 Russian Federation10.8%
10 Taiwan10.5%
11 Chile10.3%
12 Japan 6.5%
13 Czech Republic6.2%
14 United States5.6%
15 Argentina5.0%
16 Lithuania4.9%
17 France4.6%
18 Latvia4.5%
19 Israel4.2%
20 United Kingdom4.1%
21 Belgium4.0%
22 Spain3.8%
23 Bulgaria3.7%
24 Ireland3.0%
24 Portugal3.0%
26 Austria2.9%
26 Poland2.9%
26 Slovakia2.9%
29 Croatia2.5%
30 Hungary2.3%
31 Finland2.0%
31 Sweden2.0%
33 Australia1.9%
34 Slovenia1.8%
35 Germany1.5%
35 Netherlands1.5%
37 Norway1.4%
37 Switzerland1.4%
39 Denmark1.3%
40 Canada0.9%
41 Iceland0.5%

Note
The question is asked to those who bring/ brought up a child/ children. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -7.159844 X +6.978
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -229669.433598 X +53671.852
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -47.492103 X +81.295
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.494889 X +1.569
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -4.545377 X +10.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004