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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland91.1%
1 Slovakia91.1%
3 Iceland89.4%
4 Denmark89.3%
5 Poland89.2%
6 Canada88.5%
7 Germany87.9%
8 Australia87.7%
9 Slovenia87.1%
10 Austria86.4%
11 United Kingdom85.7%
12 Portugal84.6%
13 Lithuania84.1%
13 Norway84.1%
13 Sweden84.1%
16 Latvia84.0%
17 Czech Republic83.9%
18 Hungary83.7%
19 United States83.2%
20 Switzerland82.8%
21 France82.6%
22 Ireland81.4%
23 Spain80.3%
24 Israel79.4%
25 Japan 75.6%
26 Netherlands73.8%
27 Turkiye73.1%
28 Chile72.9%
29 Belgium72.6%
30 Republic of Korea71.4%
31 Mexico59.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 2.800236 X +4.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 102512.669755 X -38625.506
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 10.328313 X +71.501
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.125953 X +1.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 6.856479 X +4.825
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014