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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 "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden31.3%
2 Latvia24.4%
3 Czech Republic23.2%
3 Norway23.2%
5 Finland21.5%
6 France19.1%
7 United Kingdom17.1%
8 New Zealand16.4%
9 Netherlands16.2%
10 Slovakia15.5%
11 Denmark15.2%
12 Slovenia15.1%
13 Austria14.0%
14 Australia13.7%
15 Switzerland13.3%
16 Ireland12.7%
17 Belgium11.1%
18 United States10.1%
19 Germany9.6%
20 Hungary8.9%
21 Mexico7.2%
21 Portugal7.2%
23 Chile 6.9%
24 Japan6.3%
25 Poland5.8%
26 Israel5.1%
27 Spain3.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 3.059086 X +6.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 100823.868678 X +32966.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 5.326830 X +79.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.042537 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 18.846712 X +7.376
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198