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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 60.3%
2 Spain26.8%
3 Italy26.5%
4 Hungary25.1%
5 Ireland16.1%
6 Poland13.9%
7 Czech Republic13.1%
8 Australia12.7%
9 United States12.2%
10 Israel11.7%
10 United Kingdom11.7%
12 Germany11.2%
13 Austria9.9%
14 New Zealand8.5%
15 Netherlands7.9%
16 Canada6.5%
17 Slovenia4.2%
18 Sweden2.5%
19 Norway2.2%

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 = -2.001343 X +7.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.763
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.582

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.095224 X +7.100
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.311695 X +7.137
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.753
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.567

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -63630.918706 X +63218.605
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.253920 X +81.375
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.666472 X +1.572
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.297442 X +9.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011