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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 "We each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada12.0%
2 Austria11.8%
3 Sweden10.6%
4 New Zealand10.2%
5 Norway9.6%
6 United States9.5%
7 United Kingdom9.0%
8 Australia7.6%
9 Israel6.3%
10 Germany5.8%
11 Slovenia4.9%
12 Netherlands3.8%
13 Poland3.4%
14 Ireland3.0%
15 Hungary2.9%
16 Italy2.8%
16 Japan 2.8%
18 Czech Republic2.6%
19 Spain1.3%

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 = 6.313559 X +6.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 290655.626020 X +32023.311
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 15.697020 X +79.983
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.166701 X +1.544
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 24.972726 X +8.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100