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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain66.7%
2 Finland64.3%
3 Greece58.3%
4 Norway57.9%
5 Sweden57.4%
6 Iceland56.6%
7 Slovenia52.8%
8 Denmark52.1%
9 France51.4%
10 Netherlands51.3%
11 United States50.0%
12 Israel49.7%
13 Poland48.6%
14 Switzerland48.0%
15 Germany47.7%
16 Italy46.0%
17 Austria45.6%
18 Australia42.1%
19 New Zealand39.9%
20 Lithuania39.4%
21 Slovakia37.0%
22 Czech Republic34.0%
23 Hungary32.9%
24 Japan 28.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2022

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.300242 X +5.727
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.300537 X +5.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.274009 X +5.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 80144.889015 X +13144.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 8.890599 X +77.230
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.036816 X +1.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9.712122 X +14.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080