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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 "We have about the same income"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal35.0%
2 Lithuania32.0%
3 Czech Republic31.7%
4 Australia25.8%
5 Denmark23.6%
6 Slovenia22.7%
7 Finland22.3%
8 France21.7%
9 Slovakia20.8%
10 Latvia20.4%
11 Republic of Korea19.0%
12 Ireland18.6%
13 Belgium18.5%
14 Israel18.3%
15 Hungary17.7%
15 Poland17.7%
17 Norway17.4%
18 Iceland17.1%
19 Sweden16.6%
20 Spain16.2%
21 Chile 15.9%
22 Canada14.6%
23 Austria13.9%
23 Netherlands13.9%
25 Mexico12.4%
26 Switzerland12.0%
27 United Kingdom11.2%
28 Germany11.1%
29 United States8.0%
30 Japan6.5%
31 Turkiye5.8%

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 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.567027 X +6.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -51153.417377 X +54943.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.830633 X +80.510
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.136818 X +1.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 16.126247 X +7.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075