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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of "We have about the same income"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia28.5%
2 Australia28.1%
3 Slovenia24.4%
4 New Zealand24.1%
5 Russian Federation22.9%
6 Bulgaria21.1%
7 Finland19.6%
8 Czech Republic19.1%
8 Slovakia19.1%
10 Israel18.7%
11 Denmark18.5%
12 Ireland18.1%
13 Sweden17.5%
14 Hungary17.3%
15 Cyprus16.7%
16 France15.7%
17 Poland14.9%
18 Belgium14.5%
19 Norway13.8%
19 Portugal13.8%
21 Taiwan13.7%
22 United Kingdom12.6%
23 Brazil12.2%
24 Philippines12.0%
25 Mexico11.9%
26 Spain11.8%
27 United States11.3%
28 Chile10.9%
29 Germany10.6%
30 Switzerland9.3%
31 Austria8.5%
32 Netherlands8.1%
33 Japan 4.8%

Note
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 = 0.108090 X +6.632
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -36777.747212 X +47473.278
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -12.987603 X +81.037
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.691884 X +1.543
Correlation coefficient (r)0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 24.261727 X +5.814
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127