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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium72.0%
2 Mexico70.0%
3 Netherlands67.8%
4 New Zealand67.4%
5 United Kingdom64.7%
6 Australia64.5%
7 Austria64.0%
8 France62.5%
9 Ireland61.2%
10 Germany60.9%
11 Czech Republic60.4%
12 United States58.9%
13 Sweden56.2%
14 Slovakia54.9%
15 Spain54.6%
16 Finland53.0%
17 Chile 52.1%
18 Slovenia49.9%
19 Poland49.0%
20 Norway48.6%
21 Switzerland48.5%
22 Japan43.9%
22 Latvia43.9%
24 Israel40.2%
25 Portugal39.9%
26 Denmark39.7%
27 Hungary37.0%

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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.056161 X +6.207
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 26525.029909 X +32336.727
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.586219 X +79.777
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.190199 X +1.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.515614 X +10.270
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000