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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of women who answer "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium72.0%
2 Mexico70.0%
3 Philippines69.5%
4 Netherlands67.8%
5 New Zealand67.4%
6 United Kingdom64.7%
7 Australia64.5%
8 Austria64.0%
9 France62.5%
10 Ireland61.2%
11 Germany60.9%
12 Czech Republic60.4%
13 United States58.9%
14 Sweden56.2%
15 Slovakia54.9%
16 Spain54.6%
17 Finland53.0%
18 Chile52.1%
19 Russian Federation50.6%
20 Slovenia49.9%
21 Poland49.0%
22 Norway48.6%
23 Switzerland48.5%
24 Bulgaria46.3%
25 Japan 43.9%
25 Latvia43.9%
27 Brazil43.3%
28 Israel40.2%
29 Portugal39.9%
30 Denmark39.7%
31 Cyprus39.4%
32 Hungary37.0%
33 Taiwan23.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer 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 = 1.223160 X +5.997
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 31464.307603 X +24863.734
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.617921 X +78.631
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.523151 X +1.370
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.065078 X +9.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000