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Question: In your household, who does the household cleaning?
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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan83.1%
3 Germany73.1%
4 France 66.0%
5 United States64.9%
6 United Kingdom64.4%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -3.215393 X +8.833
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.879
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.773

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -136912.253089 X +148902.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.617
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.381

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 17.844495 X +68.735
Correlation coefficient (r)0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.267254 X +3.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.891
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.794

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 7.628472 X +4.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039