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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan55.3%
2 Republic of Korea48.0%
3 United States16.8%
4 Australia10.9%
4 Germany10.9%
6 Canada10.7%
7 United Kingdom7.6%
8 France 3.9%
9 Sweden1.9%

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 data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.887971 X +7.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.871
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.759

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -41222.560420 X +58183.383
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.180519 X +81.140
Correlation coefficient (r)0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.257314 X +1.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.805
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.648

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 13.472284 X +9.367
Correlation coefficient (r)0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393