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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 90.8%
2 Republic of Korea88.5%
3 South Africa85.9%
4 Slovakia85.8%
5 Turkiye85.0%
6 Russian Federation84.5%
7 Bulgaria84.2%
8 Chile81.9%
9 Czech Republic81.6%
10 Mexico80.1%
11 Lithuania79.5%
12 Hungary79.4%
13 Croatia79.2%
14 Venezuela78.7%
15 Israel77.9%
16 Poland74.9%
17 Germany74.7%
18 Latvia74.2%
19 Slovenia73.3%
20 Portugal73.1%
21 Austria73.0%
22 United Kingdom72.0%
23 Taiwan71.4%
24 Argentina70.5%
25 Spain70.1%
26 Philippines69.7%
27 China69.4%
27 France69.4%
29 Ireland69.2%
30 Switzerland68.1%
31 Belgium67.2%
32 Australia66.7%
33 Finland65.2%
34 Canada64.3%
35 United States63.8%
36 Netherlands63.6%
37 Norway58.9%
38 Iceland58.0%
39 Sweden57.6%
40 Denmark57.2%
41 India56.6%

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 = -3.543458 X +9.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -166816.498548 X +159434.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -20.046707 X +92.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.249574 X +1.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 7.455976 X +5.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019