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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland41.1%
2 Canada30.8%
3 Mexico29.9%
4 Latvia26.7%
5 United States26.1%
6 Slovenia25.6%
7 Denmark24.4%
8 Ireland23.5%
9 Israel23.1%
10 Germany20.4%
10 Sweden20.4%
12 Finland19.9%
13 Poland19.8%
14 France18.3%
15 Belgium17.9%
16 Netherlands17.4%
17 Hungary17.3%
18 Iceland17.1%
19 Norway16.9%
20 United Kingdom16.0%
21 Lithuania15.5%
21 Spain15.5%
23 Australia14.6%
24 Slovakia14.4%
25 Chile13.9%
26 Austria13.6%
27 Republic of Korea13.2%
28 Portugal11.0%
29 Turkiye10.0%
30 Czech Republic9.6%
31 Japan 5.8%

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 = 3.032720 X +6.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 138229.924258 X +19434.295
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -3.284745 X +80.625
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.871653 X +1.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.577177 X +10.357
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000