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Question: In your household, who does shopping for groceries?
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 79.2%
2 Spain73.1%
3 Ireland70.1%
4 Czech Republic69.1%
5 Australia67.5%
6 New Zealand61.1%
7 Netherlands60.6%
8 Italy58.5%
9 Poland57.3%
10 Austria53.7%
11 United States51.7%
12 Hungary51.3%
13 Canada48.7%
14 Slovenia46.4%
15 Sweden46.2%
16 United Kingdom45.1%
17 Norway43.9%
18 Germany43.0%
19 Israel42.6%

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 = -1.372201 X +7.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -30334.636586 X +67434.032
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 4.073253 X +78.682
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.152008 X +2.266
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.954768 X +10.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001