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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of women who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland36.5%
2 Mexico33.5%
3 Australia30.3%
4 United States22.7%
5 Poland22.3%
5 Slovenia22.3%
7 Latvia19.5%
7 Sweden19.5%
9 Hungary18.7%
10 Israel18.6%
11 France18.1%
11 Slovakia18.1%
13 Portugal17.1%
14 Denmark17.0%
15 Germany16.7%
16 Chile16.1%
16 United Kingdom16.1%
18 Czech Republic16.0%
19 Norway12.9%
20 Finland12.5%
21 New Zealand11.0%
22 Austria10.0%
23 Spain9.9%
24 Ireland9.7%
25 Belgium9.0%
26 Netherlands7.1%
27 Japan 4.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.046964 X +6.780
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -8571.808471 X +48409.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -17.720725 X +83.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.798074 X +1.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -2.153586 X +10.358
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003