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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of men who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany88.0%
2 Australia85.7%
3 Sweden84.7%
4 France 81.7%
5 United Kingdom80.2%
6 United States79.5%
7 Japan72.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = 5.970647 X +1.868
Correlation coefficient (r)0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 106519.679300 X -34595.098
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.120859 X +84.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.035516 X -0.051
Correlation coefficient (r)0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.223165 X +24.009
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095