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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden54.6%
2 France 44.0%
3 Canada43.4%
4 United Kingdom43.2%
5 United States42.5%
6 Germany39.9%
7 Australia35.6%
8 Republic of Korea31.5%
9 Japan20.4%

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 = 3.604298 X +5.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.819
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.671

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 72830.488825 X +21844.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -8.692814 X +85.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.790275 X +0.798
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -13.605790 X +17.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097