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Question: What kind of marriage do you think is the more satisfying way of life?
Choices: "One where the husband provides for the family and the wife takes care of the house and children" "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Data: % of "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden97.0%
2 Spain94.9%
3 France93.3%
4 Germany86.2%
5 Canada85.7%
6 Netherlands84.9%
7 United Kingdom84.5%
8 Italy79.0%
8 Japan 79.0%
10 Greece76.5%
10 Republic of Korea76.5%
12 United States76.4%
13 Australia76.3%
14 Mexico74.4%
15 Hungary74.0%
16 Poland72.1%
17 Slovakia68.8%
18 Israel67.1%
19 Czech Republic65.4%
20 Turkiye63.3%
21 Lithuania61.8%

Note
Other/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.790887 X +5.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 81288.631517 X -23684.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 16.767013 X +67.224
Correlation coefficient (r)0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.036576 X +2.339
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.442770 X +12.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005