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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
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 Japan 86.4%
2 Portugal81.3%
3 Czech Republic80.9%
4 Mexico80.8%
5 Hungary79.8%
6 Austria79.7%
7 Spain79.6%
8 Germany78.5%
9 Australia77.2%
9 Slovakia77.2%
11 Poland77.1%
12 Ireland76.4%
13 Chile76.3%
14 Switzerland76.0%
15 Israel74.7%
16 Belgium72.7%
17 Latvia72.0%
18 Finland71.3%
19 Slovenia68.2%
20 France67.9%
21 Netherlands67.7%
22 New Zealand67.6%
23 Sweden65.8%
24 Norway65.1%
25 United States64.5%
26 United Kingdom62.4%
27 Denmark62.2%

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 = -4.020385 X +9.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -166692.395987 X +169747.623
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.976711 X +87.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.679056 X +2.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.081288 X +16.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043