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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of men who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany88.0%
2 Finland 87.0%
3 Slovakia86.4%
4 Australia85.7%
5 New Zealand85.6%
6 Hungary85.1%
7 Norway84.7%
7 Sweden84.7%
9 Switzerland84.5%
10 Czech Republic84.3%
11 Austria82.9%
12 Denmark82.4%
13 Portugal82.2%
14 France81.7%
15 Slovenia81.4%
16 Belgium81.0%
17 Ireland80.9%
18 United Kingdom80.2%
19 United States79.5%
20 Latvia78.8%
21 Israel78.1%
22 Japan72.8%
23 Spain71.5%
24 Chile70.7%
25 Mexico67.6%
26 Poland4.4%
27 Netherlands1.0%

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 = 0.049661 X +6.751
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 21768.180321 X +30540.931
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.891156 X +77.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.204072 X +1.481
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.962801 X +8.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022