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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany61.6%
2 France 60.5%
3 Australia58.5%
4 United Kingdom55.1%
5 Canada51.9%
6 Sweden51.7%
7 United States49.2%
8 Republic of Korea14.7%
9 Japan11.2%

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 = 1.728725 X +5.895
Correlation coefficient (r)0.791
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.626

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 43053.868352 X +30756.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.954012 X +84.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.307100 X +0.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -14.957633 X +18.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.690
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.476