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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan88.3%
2 Germany77.1%
3 United Kingdom74.0%
4 Canada73.9%
5 Republic of Korea71.4%
6 United States67.7%
7 Sweden67.4%
8 France 66.9%
9 Australia56.8%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.952871 X +8.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -98257.877197 X +120834.493
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.788595 X +78.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.451559 X +2.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.001885 X +14.714
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007