Tweet
Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 55.3%
2 Philippines52.5%
3 Republic of Korea48.0%
4 Russian Federation31.6%
5 India27.3%
6 Chile26.9%
7 Mexico26.6%
8 Taiwan23.7%
9 China21.4%
9 Latvia21.4%
11 Hungary21.1%
12 Lithuania19.9%
13 South Africa17.6%
14 Argentina17.5%
15 United States16.8%
16 Czech Republic16.7%
17 Venezuela15.8%
18 Slovakia14.5%
19 Spain12.7%
20 Turkiye12.1%
21 Australia10.9%
21 Germany10.9%
21 Ireland10.9%
24 Canada10.7%
25 Israel10.0%
26 Poland8.4%
27 United Kingdom7.6%
28 Bulgaria7.4%
29 Austria6.9%
30 Switzerland6.6%
31 Belgium6.2%
32 Croatia5.0%
33 Netherlands4.8%
34 Portugal4.5%
35 France3.9%
36 Denmark3.5%
37 Slovenia2.8%
38 Finland2.6%
38 Norway2.6%
40 Sweden1.9%
41 Iceland1.8%

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 = -2.540662 X +6.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -92706.935191 X +51801.969
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -13.935320 X +80.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.031013 X +1.668
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 6.409224 X +9.516
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029