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Question: In your household, who does the household cleaning?
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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan83.1%
2 Portugal78.2%
3 Czech Republic77.2%
4 Australia76.8%
5 Latvia76.4%
6 Spain76.3%
7 Mexico75.0%
8 Ireland74.3%
9 Slovakia74.1%
10 Germany73.1%
11 Norway71.8%
12 Hungary71.7%
13 Netherlands71.1%
14 Austria70.4%
15 New Zealand69.7%
16 Belgium68.6%
16 Switzerland68.6%
18 Chile68.3%
19 Poland66.7%
20 France66.0%
21 Slovenia65.2%
22 United States64.9%
23 United Kingdom64.4%
24 Finland 62.6%
25 Israel60.5%
26 Denmark59.2%
27 Sweden58.5%

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 = -4.643216 X +10.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -100125.805229 X +117120.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.340659 X +86.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.909415 X +2.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.769311 X +11.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001