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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India37.2%
2 Venezuela24.7%
3 Netherlands23.9%
4 Belgium19.6%
5 Norway16.5%
6 Mexico15.8%
7 France15.6%
8 Iceland14.2%
9 Japan 13.4%
10 United States13.1%
11 Sweden12.9%
12 Turkiye12.2%
13 Russian Federation12.1%
14 Bulgaria11.9%
15 Denmark11.8%
16 Chile11.6%
16 Ireland11.6%
18 Australia11.5%
19 Finland10.5%
19 United Kingdom10.5%
21 Germany10.0%
22 Canada9.9%
22 Slovenia9.9%
24 Israel9.6%
25 Switzerland9.4%
26 Latvia9.2%
27 Lithuania8.5%
27 Philippines8.5%
29 Spain8.1%
30 Republic of Korea8.0%
31 Austria7.6%
32 China7.5%
33 Czech Republic7.1%
34 Croatia6.6%
35 South Africa6.3%
36 Argentina6.2%
37 Hungary5.6%
38 Slovakia5.5%
39 Portugal5.4%
40 Taiwan5.1%
41 Poland4.3%

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 = -2.644544 X +6.778
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 22359.936602 X +35015.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -11.363604 X +79.325
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.297989 X +1.522
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -6.006565 X +11.182
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005