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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of men who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy19.1%
2 Israel15.9%
3 Ireland14.8%
4 Austria14.4%
5 Japan 13.6%
6 Australia12.1%
7 Spain12.0%
8 United States11.5%
9 Canada10.2%
10 United Kingdom9.7%
11 New Zealand8.4%
12 Germany7.6%
13 Czech Republic7.0%
14 Netherlands6.7%
15 Hungary4.9%
16 Poland4.7%
17 Norway2.8%
18 Slovenia1.7%
19 Sweden0.9%

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

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.665829 X +6.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 48818.611470 X +45791.677
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 17.339197 X +79.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.826060 X +1.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -28.157671 X +12.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256