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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of women who answer "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom64.7%
3 France 62.5%
4 Germany60.9%
5 United States58.9%
7 Japan43.9%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.346144 X +4.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.948
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.899

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 87284.108891 X +1871.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -12.414288 X +88.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.886392 X +0.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.768
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.590

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -20.255817 X +22.095
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297