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Question: In your household, who does the washing and ironing?
Choices: "Always the woman" "Usually the woman" "About equal or both together" "Usually the man" "Always the man" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of women who answer "Always the woman" "Usually the woman"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy97.8%
2 Bulgaria96.6%
3 Czech Republic94.7%
4 Austria93.7%
5 Japan 92.8%
6 Russian Federation92.6%
7 Hungary90.5%
7 Spain90.5%
9 Netherlands89.5%
10 Germany89.3%
11 Slovenia88.8%
12 Ireland87.7%
13 Poland85.8%
14 Australia85.3%
14 Israel85.3%
16 United Kingdom84.7%
17 Norway84.2%
18 Sweden83.4%
19 Philippines77.5%
20 New Zealand76.8%
21 Canada71.0%
22 United States70.4%

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. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.601292 X +8.910
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -116733.271966 X +146288.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.260689 X +81.448
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.548890 X +3.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.050204 X +12.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003