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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%
6 United Kingdom6.0%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.709154 X +7.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.793
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.629

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -11981.197592 X +54035.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.018417 X +80.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.076
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.702119 X +1.746
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 40.782705 X +5.604
Correlation coefficient (r)0.828
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.686