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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%
2 Australia76.8%
3 Germany73.1%
4 France 66.0%
5 United States64.9%
6 United Kingdom64.4%
7 Sweden58.5%

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 = -3.052580 X +8.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.653
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.426

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -59313.005574 X +93785.959
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.181656 X +72.419
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.175413 X +2.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.801736 X +10.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001