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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden54.5%
2 France 45.9%
3 United States44.8%
4 United Kingdom40.4%
5 Germany39.2%
6 Australia29.2%
7 Japan22.7%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. 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 = 2.387479 X +5.808
Correlation coefficient (r)0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 43602.840942 X +35302.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.477474 X +85.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.997717 X +1.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.624828 X +10.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001