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Question: In your household, who look after sick family members?
Choices: "Always the woman" "Usually the woman" "About equal or both together" "Usually the man" "Always the man" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of women who answer "Always the woman" "Usually the woman"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 84.4%
2 Australia71.8%
3 Spain68.0%
4 Czech Republic67.2%
5 Austria65.1%
6 Italy64.2%
7 New Zealand64.1%
8 United Kingdom56.3%
9 Germany54.9%
9 Ireland54.9%
11 Netherlands54.2%
11 United States54.2%
13 Canada53.3%
14 Poland53.1%
15 Hungary53.0%
16 Israel52.6%
17 Slovenia48.8%
18 Norway47.7%
19 Sweden44.5%

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. 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 = -1.834160 X +7.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -70985.704598 X +91921.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 7.911539 X +76.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.061212 X +2.239
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.999453 X +11.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011