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Question: In your household, who shops for groceries?
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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia73.6%
2 Japan70.7%
3 United States54.6%
4 Germany51.1%
5 France 49.5%
6 United Kingdom49.3%
7 Sweden42.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. 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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.407741 X +7.540
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -933.863833 X +53060.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.704048 X +77.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.589189 X +1.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6.100072 X +7.325
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072