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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 each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada15.9%
2 France 14.2%
3 United Kingdom13.3%
4 Germany13.2%
5 Sweden12.7%
6 United States11.8%
7 Australia10.0%
8 Japan7.0%
9 Republic of Korea6.6%

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 = 8.722952 X +5.676
Correlation coefficient (r)0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 176596.784858 X +30036.018
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -26.064138 X +84.943
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.266634 X +0.775
Correlation coefficient (r)0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -90.095049 X +22.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471