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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 each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland30.9%
2 Taiwan19.8%
3 Austria18.8%
4 France12.8%
4 Sweden12.8%
6 Cyprus12.5%
6 United States12.5%
8 Brazil12.0%
8 Germany12.0%
10 Norway10.8%
11 United Kingdom10.7%
12 Switzerland10.3%
13 New Zealand10.1%
14 Denmark9.6%
15 Australia9.2%
16 Ireland7.9%
17 Latvia7.2%
18 Slovenia6.5%
19 Mexico6.2%
20 Chile6.1%
21 Slovakia6.0%
22 Netherlands5.5%
23 Israel5.4%
24 Portugal5.1%
25 Belgium4.8%
26 Bulgaria4.1%
27 Japan 3.9%
28 Poland3.4%
29 Czech Republic2.5%
30 Philippines1.7%
30 Russian Federation1.7%
32 Hungary1.6%
33 Spain1.5%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = 4.342080 X +6.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 147881.424634 X +28820.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 27.896032 X +76.646
Correlation coefficient (r)0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.979925 X +1.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 6.499688 X +9.143
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010