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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 some of the money and keep the rest separate"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden31.3%
2 France 19.1%
3 United Kingdom17.1%
4 Australia13.7%
5 United States10.1%
6 Germany9.6%
7 Japan6.3%

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 = 3.597132 X +6.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.756
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.572

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 12772.748151 X +50581.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.263366 X +80.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.022767 X +1.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.163921 X +10.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001