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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
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 United States25.3%
2 Sweden19.7%
3 Canada18.8%
4 United Kingdom18.3%
5 Australia17.4%
6 France 13.0%
7 Germany10.5%
8 Republic of Korea8.5%
9 Japan5.9%

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 = 4.928677 X +5.939
Correlation coefficient (r)0.727
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.529

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 201613.734277 X +19800.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.878
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.771

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -25.650018 X +85.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.641207 X +1.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.111559 X +13.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032