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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of men who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia11.6%
2 Japan10.6%
3 United States9.9%
4 United Kingdom8.1%
5 France 6.0%
6 Germany5.4%
7 Sweden1.1%

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 = -5.572093 X +7.171
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 56342.838811 X +48296.189
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.266058 X +82.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.439545 X +1.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12.305375 X +9.812
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029