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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland29.4%
2 Taiwan26.9%
3 India25.5%
4 Austria24.9%
5 Canada15.9%
6 Ireland15.1%
7 Iceland14.3%
8 France14.2%
9 Switzerland13.6%
10 United Kingdom13.3%
11 Germany13.2%
12 Sweden12.7%
13 Denmark12.5%
14 United States11.8%
15 Norway11.6%
16 Netherlands11.2%
17 Belgium10.4%
18 Argentina10.0%
18 Australia10.0%
20 Slovenia9.5%
21 Lithuania8.7%
22 Poland8.0%
23 Venezuela7.9%
24 Latvia7.8%
25 Chile7.7%
26 Mexico7.6%
27 Japan 7.0%
28 Israel6.7%
29 Republic of Korea6.6%
30 Bulgaria5.7%
31 China4.9%
32 South Africa4.7%
33 Croatia4.1%
34 Czech Republic4.0%
35 Portugal3.9%
36 Spain3.5%
37 Slovakia2.8%
38 Russian Federation2.2%
39 Philippines2.0%
40 Turkiye1.1%
41 Hungary0.4%

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 = 3.222104 X +6.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 157717.456400 X +21673.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 24.608442 X +75.630
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.459340 X +1.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 7.686451 X +9.743
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010