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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
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 United States30.3%
2 Norway29.5%
3 United Kingdom28.6%
4 France27.4%
5 Sweden27.2%
6 New Zealand26.9%
7 Finland24.8%
8 Latvia24.4%
9 Denmark24.2%
10 Netherlands23.7%
11 Slovenia22.8%
12 Belgium22.3%
13 Ireland22.2%
13 Switzerland22.2%
15 Philippines22.1%
16 Russian Federation20.3%
17 Israel19.9%
18 Slovakia18.9%
19 Australia18.3%
20 Poland17.9%
21 Hungary17.5%
22 Spain17.4%
23 Czech Republic17.3%
23 Germany17.3%
25 Austria16.5%
26 Portugal15.7%
27 Chile15.4%
28 Taiwan13.6%
29 Mexico11.7%
30 Brazil11.1%
31 Japan 7.4%
32 Bulgaria7.0%
33 Cyprus5.3%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. 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 = 4.902501 X +5.688
Correlation coefficient (r)0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 218084.973265 X -1132.178
Correlation coefficient (r)0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 17.676613 X +75.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 1.022809 X +1.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 22.355287 X +5.258
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137