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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway33.2%
2 Denmark28.1%
3 India27.8%
4 Sweden27.7%
5 United States27.6%
6 Iceland26.8%
7 Argentina26.6%
8 Australia25.8%
8 Finland25.8%
10 Canada25.5%
11 Netherlands25.1%
12 United Kingdom24.9%
13 Philippines24.8%
14 Venezuela24.4%
15 Switzerland24.2%
16 Belgium23.4%
17 Ireland22.7%
18 France22.5%
19 Portugal22.2%
20 Germany21.7%
21 Slovenia20.7%
22 Latvia20.2%
23 Poland20.0%
24 Spain19.9%
25 Austria18.9%
26 Croatia18.0%
27 China17.4%
28 Lithuania17.3%
29 Hungary17.2%
30 Israel17.1%
31 Mexico13.4%
32 Czech Republic12.8%
32 Russian Federation12.8%
34 Slovakia12.7%
35 Chile12.6%
36 Bulgaria11.5%
37 South Africa10.8%
38 Taiwan9.0%
39 Republic of Korea8.4%
40 Japan 6.8%
41 Turkiye4.6%

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 = 4.681953 X +5.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 209319.295943 X -3928.794
Correlation coefficient (r)0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 22.242363 X +73.537
Correlation coefficient (r)0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.707684 X +1.530
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -10.594649 X +12.615
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020