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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan90.8%
2 Republic of Korea88.5%
3 Germany74.7%
4 United Kingdom72.0%
5 France 69.4%
6 Australia66.7%
7 Canada64.3%
8 United States63.8%
9 Sweden57.6%

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 = -3.518919 X +9.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.936
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.876

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -99770.785453 X +122392.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8.390827 X +75.872
Correlation coefficient (r)0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.003274 X +2.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.740
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.548

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.226438 X +1.612
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146