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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 75.4%
2 Chile69.1%
3 Philippines69.0%
4 Australia67.6%
5 Czech Republic66.3%
5 Republic of Korea66.3%
7 Turkiye66.1%
8 Slovakia65.1%
9 South Africa64.0%
10 Switzerland63.7%
11 Canada63.5%
12 Hungary63.3%
13 Argentina62.9%
14 Germany61.7%
15 United Kingdom60.9%
16 Mexico60.8%
17 Ireland58.8%
18 France58.3%
19 Venezuela57.5%
20 Austria56.7%
20 Russian Federation56.7%
22 Belgium56.4%
23 Portugal55.7%
24 United States55.2%
25 Netherlands55.0%
26 Latvia53.8%
27 Croatia52.9%
27 Israel52.9%
29 Lithuania51.8%
30 Norway50.2%
31 Bulgaria49.8%
32 Poland49.6%
33 Slovenia47.3%
34 Spain46.6%
35 Iceland45.9%
36 Denmark45.6%
37 Sweden45.0%
38 Finland44.2%
39 Taiwan42.7%
40 China41.8%
41 India32.7%

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 = -0.450351 X +6.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -20645.929567 X +49198.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.620471 X +77.656
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.310113 X +1.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -2.522972 X +11.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002