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Question: In your household, who does the household cleaning?
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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland38.8%
2 Sweden36.3%
3 Iceland35.2%
4 Denmark33.0%
5 Canada29.1%
6 Germany28.3%
7 United Kingdom28.1%
8 Norway27.9%
9 United States27.8%
10 Ireland26.9%
11 Austria26.8%
12 Slovenia26.1%
13 Netherlands25.9%
14 Australia25.2%
15 Poland24.9%
16 Spain24.6%
17 Belgium24.3%
18 France23.4%
19 Israel23.3%
20 Latvia21.9%
21 Switzerland21.4%
22 Hungary21.2%
23 Portugal20.3%
24 Mexico20.0%
25 Lithuania19.9%
26 Chile19.6%
27 Republic of Korea19.3%
28 Czech Republic17.2%
29 Slovakia16.9%
30 Japan 14.2%
31 Turkiye4.9%

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 = 7.075068 X +5.009
Correlation coefficient (r)0.828
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.686

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 208585.256799 X -2974.169
Correlation coefficient (r)0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 13.010573 X +77.370
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.394997 X +1.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 9.769324 X +8.095
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026