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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada30.8%
2 United States26.1%
3 Germany20.4%
5 France 18.3%
6 United Kingdom16.0%
9 Japan5.8%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.993198 X +6.041
Correlation coefficient (r)0.883
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.780

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 128545.793758 X +27650.040
Correlation coefficient (r)0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -17.980968 X +84.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.496679 X +1.416
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.368118 X +9.656
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011