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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico30.0%
2 Portugal21.4%
3 Japan20.6%
4 Slovakia16.3%
5 United States15.4%
6 Chile14.9%
7 Czech Republic13.8%
8 Israel12.8%
9 Hungary11.1%
10 Poland10.3%
11 Switzerland8.7%
12 France8.4%
13 Latvia8.0%
14 Germany7.3%
15 Finland 6.9%
16 Australia6.6%
17 Slovenia6.3%
18 United Kingdom6.0%
19 Belgium5.7%
20 Spain5.6%
21 Austria5.1%
22 Denmark4.8%
23 New Zealand3.9%
24 Ireland3.5%
25 Netherlands3.0%
26 Norway2.6%
26 Sweden2.6%

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 = -3.733319 X +7.150
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -207851.049412 X +67070.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -30.132414 X +83.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.382838 X +1.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -10.583102 X +11.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060