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Question: What kind of marriage do you think is the more satisfying way of life?
Choices: "One where the husband provides for the family and the wife takes care of the house and children" "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Data: % of "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden97.0%
2 Spain94.9%
3 France93.3%
4 Germany86.2%
5 Canada85.7%
6 Netherlands84.9%
7 United Kingdom84.5%
8 Bulgaria84.2%
9 Brazil81.9%
10 South Africa79.3%
11 Italy79.0%
11 Japan79.0%
13 Kenya78.7%
14 Argentina78.5%
15 Greece76.5%
15 Republic of Korea76.5%
17 United States 76.4%
18 Australia76.3%
19 Mexico74.4%
20 Hungary74.0%
21 Russian Federation72.8%
22 Poland72.1%
23 Ukraine69.2%
24 Slovakia68.8%
25 Israel67.1%
26 Nigeria66.9%
27 Philippines66.1%
28 Czech Republic65.4%
29 Lebanon64.0%
30 Turkiye63.3%
31 Lithuania61.8%
32 India58.6%
33 Indonesia51.5%
34 Tunisia50.6%

Note
Other/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 4.694514 X +2.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 99890.015660 X -49020.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.527
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.278

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 29.855226 X +52.940
Correlation coefficient (r)0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.020473 X +3.370
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 7.237353 X +4.231
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019