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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of "We pool all the money and each take out what we need"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany66.8%
2 France 62.1%
3 Australia57.9%
4 United Kingdom55.3%
5 United States53.4%
6 Sweden52.7%
7 Japan20.3%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = 1.616875 X +5.901
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 37803.951292 X +32636.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.652998 X +85.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.879794 X +1.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.809
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.654

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.177565 X +14.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170