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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Croatia94.2%
2 Czech Republic93.7%
3 Slovakia93.6%
4 Portugal91.4%
5 Bulgaria91.2%
6 Russian Federation88.9%
7 Slovenia88.7%
8 Poland88.3%
9 Germany87.8%
10 Hungary87.7%
11 Japan 87.4%
12 Lithuania87.2%
13 France86.4%
14 Republic of Korea86.3%
15 Belgium85.9%
16 Netherlands85.4%
16 Switzerland85.4%
16 Turkiye85.4%
19 Venezuela84.5%
20 Latvia82.8%
21 Ireland82.6%
22 Mexico82.4%
23 Chile82.0%
24 Finland81.9%
25 Norway81.8%
26 Philippines81.7%
27 Argentina81.5%
28 United Kingdom81.2%
29 Spain80.6%
30 South Africa79.8%
31 China79.1%
32 Australia78.8%
33 Israel77.6%
34 Denmark75.6%
35 Iceland75.3%
36 Canada74.8%
37 Sweden73.6%
38 Taiwan70.1%
39 United States66.6%
40 Austria49.7%
41 India39.9%

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 = 0.734436 X +5.878
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -33674.521464 X +64995.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 3.692140 X +74.990
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.631796 X +2.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.948168 X +12.078
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002