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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia74.7%
1 Japan 74.7%
3 New Zealand66.7%
4 Philippines65.4%
5 Slovakia65.0%
6 Austria64.0%
7 Czech Republic63.9%
8 Ireland63.5%
9 Portugal63.4%
10 Switzerland63.1%
11 Germany63.0%
12 Chile62.7%
12 Spain62.7%
14 Belgium62.0%
15 United Kingdom61.5%
16 United States59.2%
17 Mexico59.1%
18 Brazil57.8%
19 Bulgaria56.1%
20 France55.0%
21 Netherlands54.4%
22 Cyprus51.7%
23 Israel51.2%
24 Finland50.9%
25 Norway48.8%
26 Denmark48.4%
27 Latvia47.9%
28 Sweden47.4%
29 Russian Federation46.7%
30 Hungary45.6%
31 Slovenia44.8%
32 Poland44.5%
33 Taiwan38.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer 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 = -0.402363 X +6.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 24864.915763 X +27431.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 11.596008 X +72.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.010487 X +1.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -11.739202 X +16.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063