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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of women who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States22.7%
4 France 18.1%
5 Germany16.7%
6 United Kingdom16.1%
7 Japan4.0%

Note
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 = 3.824779 X +5.979
Correlation coefficient (r)0.911
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.830

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 210773.275611 X +19940.988
Correlation coefficient (r)0.827
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.684

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -29.602176 X +85.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.833
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.694

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.453698 X +1.169
Correlation coefficient (r)0.839
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.704

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.946285 X +10.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000