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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 some of the money and keep the rest separate"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada23.8%
2 Sweden23.4%
3 Czech Republic20.4%
3 Norway20.4%
5 New Zealand16.6%
6 United Kingdom13.3%
7 Australia12.8%
8 Bulgaria11.7%
9 Russian Federation11.0%
10 Germany10.4%
11 Slovenia10.1%
11 United States10.1%
13 Netherlands9.7%
14 Austria9.0%
15 Poland7.8%
16 Ireland6.7%
17 Hungary5.7%
18 Israel5.5%
19 Japan 4.4%
20 Italy3.7%
21 Philippines3.6%
22 Spain2.8%

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 = 3.801522 X +6.233
Correlation coefficient (r)0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 136360.935334 X +29945.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 13.500954 X +77.996
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.842866 X +1.755
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 18.964449 X +7.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088