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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria21.1%
2 France20.6%
3 United States18.9%
4 United Kingdom17.1%
5 Norway15.6%
6 Sweden15.5%
7 New Zealand14.6%
8 Austria14.1%
8 Denmark14.1%
10 Belgium14.0%
10 Slovenia14.0%
12 Japan 13.8%
13 Finland13.7%
14 Netherlands13.6%
15 Latvia13.4%
16 Switzerland13.2%
17 Czech Republic13.1%
18 Ireland12.7%
19 Spain12.3%
20 Chile12.0%
21 Germany11.9%
21 Mexico11.9%
23 Australia11.1%
24 Philippines10.7%
25 Slovakia10.6%
26 Israel10.4%
27 Russian Federation9.6%
28 Hungary9.4%
28 Taiwan9.4%
30 Portugal9.0%
31 Poland7.9%
32 Brazil6.8%
33 Cyprus2.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = 3.365621 X +6.222
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 240047.848049 X +11153.501
Correlation coefficient (r)0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 21.299673 X +76.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.164797 X +1.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 23.497662 X +6.676
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050