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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 "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada23.8%
2 Sweden23.4%
3 Czech Republic20.4%
3 Norway20.4%
5 New Zealand16.6%
6 United Kingdom13.3%
7 Australia12.8%
8 Germany10.4%
9 Slovenia10.1%
9 United States10.1%
11 Netherlands9.7%
12 Austria9.0%
13 Poland7.8%
14 Ireland6.7%
15 Hungary5.7%
16 Israel5.5%
17 Japan 4.4%
18 Italy3.7%
19 Spain2.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ Other are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 3.486329 X +6.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 72368.265823 X +43455.860
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.422785 X +81.175
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.284684 X +1.577
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 13.964810 X +8.088
Correlation coefficient (r)0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108