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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan75.4%
2 Australia67.6%
3 Republic of Korea66.3%
4 Canada63.5%
5 Germany61.7%
6 United Kingdom60.9%
7 France 58.3%
8 United States55.2%
9 Sweden45.0%

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 = -3.433367 X +8.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -77535.640397 X +98298.990
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11.281560 X +74.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.707310 X +2.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.723286 X +8.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009