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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of men who answer "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile56.1%
2 Japan 54.7%
3 Austria52.1%
4 Germany50.4%
5 Norway49.8%
6 Sweden49.2%
7 Spain48.6%
8 Portugal48.4%
9 Slovenia47.7%
10 Belgium46.3%
11 Cyprus45.7%
12 Finland45.5%
13 Netherlands45.3%
14 United Kingdom45.1%
15 Mexico43.9%
16 Czech Republic43.4%
17 Switzerland42.9%
18 New Zealand41.9%
19 Russian Federation41.4%
20 Hungary40.2%
20 Ireland40.2%
22 Australia39.4%
22 France39.4%
24 Brazil38.5%
25 Taiwan38.0%
26 Latvia36.0%
27 Denmark34.1%
27 Philippines34.1%
29 Bulgaria33.7%
30 United States33.3%
31 Poland31.3%
32 Slovakia31.1%
33 Israel30.8%

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

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.823932 X +6.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 38795.536947 X +25191.225
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 31.683432 X +65.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -2.377314 X +2.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 4.587572 X +7.733
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007