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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of "We pool all the money and each take out what we need"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia80.2%
2 Netherlands71.8%
3 Poland70.3%
4 Bulgaria69.7%
5 Germany66.8%
6 Israel65.8%
6 Norway65.8%
8 Sweden62.5%
9 Hungary60.9%
10 United States60.7%
11 Spain58.3%
12 New Zealand58.0%
13 Ireland57.7%
14 Austria57.6%
14 Czech Republic57.6%
16 Australia57.2%
17 Italy55.1%
18 United Kingdom54.3%
19 Canada49.6%
20 Russian Federation46.5%
21 Philippines25.2%
22 Japan 19.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ Other are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.450140 X +5.814
Correlation coefficient (r)0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 44984.919218 X +19004.170
Correlation coefficient (r)0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4.942833 X +76.630
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.352728 X +1.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.270441 X +9.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002