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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 "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" among women
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa82.1%
2 Philippines74.2%
3 Venezuela72.1%
4 Austria69.7%
4 Ireland69.7%
6 Japan 69.0%
7 Australia68.5%
8 Belgium67.4%
9 Canada66.2%
10 China64.6%
11 Argentina64.3%
12 Netherlands64.2%
13 Turkiye62.2%
14 United Kingdom62.1%
15 France61.3%
16 Czech Republic60.5%
17 United States60.4%
18 Mexico59.5%
19 Germany57.6%
20 Croatia57.4%
21 Chile56.8%
22 Poland56.0%
23 Switzerland55.1%
24 Iceland54.0%
25 Hungary53.3%
26 Bulgaria50.9%
27 Norway50.2%
28 Lithuania50.0%
29 Finland49.1%
30 Latvia48.4%
31 Sweden47.4%
32 Spain47.1%
33 Russian Federation45.9%
33 Slovenia45.9%
35 Israel44.0%
36 Slovakia43.3%
37 India40.3%
38 Taiwan39.8%
39 Denmark38.9%
40 Republic of Korea36.6%
41 Portugal33.1%

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 = -0.283255 X +6.635
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -2280.395349 X +38851.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -8.786733 X +82.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.012852 X +1.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -6.205463 X +13.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020