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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
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 the female respondents who answer "Always me" "Usually me" and the male respondents who answer "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia93.6%
2 Bulgaria92.8%
3 Belgium92.7%
4 Czech Republic91.7%
5 Portugal91.5%
6 Germany91.2%
7 Austria90.4%
8 Cyprus90.2%
9 Ireland90.0%
10 Slovenia89.4%
11 Hungary88.7%
12 Japan 88.3%
13 France87.4%
14 Netherlands86.9%
15 Spain86.7%
16 Switzerland86.3%
17 Brazil85.3%
18 Norway84.6%
19 Poland84.4%
20 Australia84.0%
20 Mexico84.0%
22 Finland83.0%
23 Russian Federation82.3%
24 Latvia82.1%
25 United Kingdom82.0%
26 Chile81.7%
27 New Zealand81.0%
28 Denmark80.9%
28 Israel80.9%
30 Philippines76.6%
31 Taiwan75.8%
32 Sweden75.6%
33 United States68.7%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = -2.328250 X +8.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -55393.062770 X +88812.085
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 10.379753 X +70.095
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -2.068043 X +3.421
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -9.317327 X +17.647
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018