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Question: In your household, who does small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always the woman" "Usually the woman" "About equal or both together" "Usually the man" "Always the man" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of men who answer "Usually the man" "Always the man"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia88.0%
2 Germany86.9%
3 Sweden86.7%
4 Poland85.5%
5 Hungary85.0%
6 Netherlands84.0%
7 Norway83.5%
8 New Zealand81.9%
9 Canada81.7%
10 United Kingdom81.2%
11 Austria79.8%
11 United States79.8%
13 Israel78.5%
14 Japan 77.1%
15 Ireland76.9%
16 Italy75.2%
17 Spain72.1%
18 Slovenia66.5%
19 Czech Republic38.2%

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. 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 = 0.436450 X +6.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 63569.915582 X +563.200
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 4.255974 X +77.639
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.314715 X +1.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.742846 X +8.315
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005