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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye28.9%
2 Republic of Korea26.1%
3 Mexico25.3%
4 Chile14.7%
5 Japan 13.6%
6 United States11.4%
7 Lithuania10.0%
8 Hungary9.3%
8 United Kingdom9.3%
10 Latvia9.1%
11 Czech Republic9.0%
12 Portugal8.7%
13 Switzerland7.9%
14 France7.3%
15 Netherlands6.3%
15 Spain6.3%
17 Denmark6.2%
18 Belgium6.0%
18 Ireland6.0%
20 Israel5.9%
21 Slovakia5.8%
22 Australia5.7%
23 Germany5.5%
24 Austria5.3%
24 Slovenia5.3%
26 Poland5.1%
27 Iceland4.4%
28 Canada3.6%
29 Finland3.2%
29 Sweden3.2%
31 Norway1.8%

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 = -5.757997 X +7.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -184787.911637 X +64135.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -13.186242 X +81.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.178856 X +1.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.790008 X +10.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002