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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 men who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan92.8%
2 Netherlands84.6%
3 Switzerland82.9%
4 Spain82.8%
5 Germany81.0%
6 Austria80.7%
7 Chile79.2%
8 Mexico78.3%
9 Belgium76.9%
10 Norway76.2%
11 Czech Republic75.1%
12 Portugal74.6%
13 United Kingdom74.3%
14 France74.1%
15 United States73.0%
16 Ireland70.6%
17 Slovakia69.1%
18 Sweden67.3%
19 Hungary66.7%
20 Israel66.4%
21 Denmark64.1%
22 Poland64.0%
23 Australia63.9%
24 Finland 63.6%
25 New Zealand62.3%
26 Latvia58.8%
26 Slovenia58.8%

Note
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 = -1.079859 X +7.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 23961.102894 X +29519.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 10.580094 X +72.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.992792 X +2.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -10.585780 X +17.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100