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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
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 Netherlands23.9%
2 Belgium19.6%
3 Norway16.5%
4 Mexico15.8%
5 France15.6%
6 Iceland14.2%
7 Japan 13.4%
8 United States13.1%
9 Sweden12.9%
10 Turkiye12.2%
11 Denmark11.8%
12 Chile11.6%
12 Ireland11.6%
14 Australia11.5%
15 Finland10.5%
15 United Kingdom10.5%
17 Germany10.0%
18 Canada9.9%
18 Slovenia9.9%
20 Israel9.6%
21 Switzerland9.4%
22 Latvia9.2%
23 Lithuania8.5%
24 Spain8.1%
25 Republic of Korea8.0%
26 Austria7.6%
27 Czech Republic7.1%
28 Hungary5.6%
29 Slovakia5.5%
30 Portugal5.4%
31 Poland4.3%

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 = 4.609876 X +6.217
Correlation coefficient (r)0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 225332.405648 X +20811.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 20.972820 X +77.681
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.469537 X +1.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.088962 X +11.030
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003