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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 90.8%
2 Republic of Korea88.5%
3 Slovakia85.8%
4 Turkiye85.0%
5 Chile81.9%
6 Czech Republic81.6%
7 Mexico80.1%
8 Lithuania79.5%
9 Hungary79.4%
10 Israel77.9%
11 Poland74.9%
12 Germany74.7%
13 Latvia74.2%
14 Slovenia73.3%
15 Portugal73.1%
16 Austria73.0%
17 United Kingdom72.0%
18 Spain70.1%
19 France69.4%
20 Ireland69.2%
21 Switzerland68.1%
22 Belgium67.2%
23 Australia66.7%
24 Finland65.2%
25 Canada64.3%
26 United States63.8%
27 Netherlands63.6%
28 Norway58.9%
29 Iceland58.0%
30 Sweden57.6%
31 Denmark57.2%

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 = -4.593943 X +10.054
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -199059.084541 X +189886.498
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -16.504535 X +91.952
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.395420 X +1.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.410018 X +9.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001