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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of "We have about the same income"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia28.1%
2 Sweden17.5%
3 France 15.7%
4 United Kingdom12.6%
5 United States11.3%
6 Germany10.6%
7 Japan4.8%

Note
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 = 3.983702 X +6.179
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 93875.852385 X +39046.699
Correlation coefficient (r)0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.218803 X +80.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.485662 X +1.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.273122 X +10.699
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000