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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
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 Venezuela28.0%
2 United States25.3%
3 Sweden19.7%
4 Denmark19.1%
5 Canada18.8%
6 United Kingdom18.3%
7 Australia17.4%
8 Finland16.6%
9 Iceland16.5%
9 India16.5%
11 Norway15.8%
12 Taiwan15.7%
13 Ireland15.6%
14 China14.6%
15 Latvia13.9%
16 Switzerland13.6%
17 Spain13.5%
18 Argentina13.1%
19 France13.0%
20 Israel12.6%
21 Netherlands11.9%
22 Belgium11.5%
23 Chile11.4%
24 Mexico11.2%
25 Lithuania11.0%
26 Philippines10.7%
27 Germany10.5%
28 Poland9.1%
29 Hungary8.6%
30 Republic of Korea8.5%
31 Austria8.1%
31 Slovenia8.1%
33 Russian Federation7.3%
34 Bulgaria7.2%
35 South Africa6.6%
36 Portugal6.3%
37 Croatia5.9%
37 Japan 5.9%
39 Slovakia4.3%
40 Turkiye3.8%
41 Czech Republic2.5%

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 = 3.875997 X +5.996
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 193455.785111 X +13602.942
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 15.201917 X +76.137
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.753818 X +1.579
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -12.871302 X +12.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021