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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden31.5%
2 France 19.8%
3 Canada18.3%
4 United Kingdom17.2%
5 Australia12.3%
6 Germany10.9%
7 United States9.8%
8 Japan8.5%
9 Republic of Korea2.7%

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 = 3.936778 X +6.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.779
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.607

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 40378.474716 X +44702.800
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.995808 X +81.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.237639 X +1.179
Correlation coefficient (r)0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -23.914930 X +15.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228