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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia25.8%
2 France 21.7%
3 Republic of Korea19.0%
4 Sweden16.6%
5 Canada14.6%
6 United Kingdom11.2%
7 Germany11.1%
8 United States8.0%
9 Japan6.5%

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 = 2.001862 X +6.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6500.335559 X +49608.672
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 15.829670 X +79.545
Correlation coefficient (r)0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.589880 X +1.416
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.567867 X +10.572
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017