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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of women who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines35.3%
2 Russian Federation26.9%
3 Japan 23.6%
4 Taiwan22.0%
5 Mexico21.3%
6 Israel20.1%
7 Brazil19.9%
8 Slovakia19.5%
9 Chile19.3%
10 Poland18.7%
11 Portugal17.8%
12 Hungary17.0%
13 Ireland16.2%
14 Australia14.9%
15 Latvia14.1%
16 United States13.9%
17 Czech Republic12.8%
18 Sweden12.5%
19 France11.1%
20 Denmark10.8%
21 United Kingdom10.2%
22 Spain9.9%
23 Finland9.6%
23 Netherlands9.6%
25 Slovenia8.5%
26 Switzerland8.2%
27 New Zealand7.9%
28 Austria7.4%
29 Germany6.5%
30 Belgium5.7%
31 Cyprus5.5%
32 Norway5.4%
33 Bulgaria4.3%

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 = -2.895137 X +7.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -172918.091262 X +66071.393
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -35.882665 X +83.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.179212 X +1.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -1.625614 X +9.909
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001