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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico34.3%
2 Chile26.9%
3 Israel17.3%
4 Australia11.6%
5 Austria11.3%
6 Japan 10.6%
7 Latvia10.5%
8 United States9.9%
9 Ireland9.3%
10 Switzerland8.9%
11 United Kingdom8.1%
12 Czech Republic7.1%
13 Netherlands6.8%
14 Spain6.7%
15 France6.0%
15 New Zealand6.0%
15 Slovakia6.0%
18 Germany5.4%
19 Poland5.0%
20 Hungary4.4%
21 Finland3.8%
22 Portugal3.0%
23 Belgium2.5%
23 Norway2.5%
25 Denmark2.4%
26 Slovenia1.1%
26 Sweden1.1%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = -0.997813 X +6.873
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -89411.988328 X +56409.348
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -12.320800 X +81.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.485446 X +1.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -14.879533 X +11.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148