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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of women who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan23.6%
2 Australia14.9%
3 United States13.9%
4 Sweden12.5%
5 France 11.1%
6 United Kingdom10.2%
7 Germany6.5%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer 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 = -3.864060 X +7.264
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -53647.388905 X +59642.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 19.436849 X +79.012
Correlation coefficient (r)0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.873144 X +1.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 28.407844 X +6.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331