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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea27.6%
2 Japan20.0%
3 United States17.2%
4 United Kingdom15.6%
5 Canada14.4%
5 Sweden14.4%
7 Germany13.7%
8 Australia9.7%
9 France 8.4%

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 = -5.009163 X +7.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.678
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.460

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -109510.719893 X +67736.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.703704 X +81.331
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.916480 X +2.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.923
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.852

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 56.003655 X +3.078
Correlation coefficient (r)0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584