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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan20.6%
2 United States15.4%
3 France 8.4%
4 Germany7.3%
5 Australia6.6%
6 United Kingdom6.0%
7 Sweden2.6%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.410424 X +7.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.848
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.719

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -35912.803926 X +55970.238
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.266200 X +82.089
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.645903 X +1.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.623
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.388

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 19.934203 X +8.833
Correlation coefficient (r)0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222