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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work" among men
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 62.0%
2 Chile55.3%
3 Belgium50.0%
4 Czech Republic48.0%
5 Sweden45.9%
6 France45.6%
7 Germany45.3%
8 Hungary44.5%
9 Lithuania43.9%
10 Spain43.7%
11 Netherlands43.6%
12 Iceland43.5%
13 Slovenia42.8%
14 Norway42.2%
15 Canada42.1%
16 United States41.8%
17 Austria41.6%
18 Finland41.3%
19 Australia40.7%
20 Portugal40.6%
21 Ireland39.2%
21 United Kingdom39.2%
23 Mexico37.9%
24 Switzerland37.4%
25 Poland36.4%
26 Republic of Korea34.9%
27 Slovakia33.8%
28 Israel30.3%
29 Denmark29.9%
30 Latvia23.7%
31 Turkiye11.9%

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 = 1.590779 X +6.081
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 24890.251467 X +37563.024
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 9.182082 X +76.800
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.050153 X +1.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 10.599216 X +6.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054