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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of men who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan92.8%
2 Germany81.0%
3 United Kingdom74.3%
4 France 74.1%
5 United States73.0%
6 Sweden67.3%
7 Australia63.9%

Note
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 = -3.752036 X +9.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.897
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.805

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -102361.888371 X +129514.140
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.674
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.454

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.639500 X +78.097
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.374639 X +2.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.885225 X +12.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005