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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
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 the female respondents who answer "Always me" "Usually me" and the male respondents who answer "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany91.2%
2 Japan88.3%
3 France 87.4%
4 Australia84.0%
5 United Kingdom82.0%
6 Sweden75.6%
7 United States68.7%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = -2.207849 X +8.572
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -139867.683808 X +167868.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.766
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.587

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 21.043200 X +64.234
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.514531 X +2.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -21.051950 X +28.097
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398