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Question: In your household, who does the household cleaning?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland38.8%
2 Sweden36.3%
3 Iceland35.2%
4 Denmark33.0%
5 Canada29.1%
6 Germany28.3%
7 United Kingdom28.1%
8 Norway27.9%
9 United States27.8%
10 Ireland26.9%
11 Austria26.8%
12 Taiwan26.4%
12 Venezuela26.4%
14 Slovenia26.1%
15 Netherlands25.9%
16 Australia25.2%
17 Poland24.9%
18 Spain24.6%
19 Belgium24.3%
20 China23.8%
21 France23.4%
22 Israel23.3%
23 Argentina23.2%
24 Latvia21.9%
25 Switzerland21.4%
26 Hungary21.2%
27 Portugal20.3%
28 Mexico20.0%
29 Lithuania19.9%
30 Chile19.6%
31 Republic of Korea19.3%
32 Bulgaria19.0%
33 Philippines18.5%
34 Russian Federation17.8%
35 Croatia17.5%
36 Czech Republic17.2%
37 Slovakia16.9%
38 Japan 14.2%
39 India13.4%
40 South Africa11.2%
41 Turkiye4.9%

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 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 8.591976 X +4.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.769
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.591

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 240652.691403 X -18182.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 43.720326 X +67.914
Correlation coefficient (r)0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.882657 X +1.876
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -4.919028 X +11.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004