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Question: Who usually makes /made the decisions about how to bring up your children?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide/ decided together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea17.3%
2 Japan6.5%
3 United States5.6%
4 France 4.6%
5 United Kingdom4.1%
6 Sweden2.0%
7 Australia1.9%
8 Germany1.5%
9 Canada0.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who bring/ brought up a child/ children. 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 = -6.310996 X +7.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -147142.584362 X +57839.145
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.610700 X +81.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.936955 X +1.748
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.820
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.672

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 69.663868 X +8.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.840
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.706