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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" among women
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria69.7%
1 Ireland69.7%
3 Japan 69.0%
4 Australia68.5%
5 Belgium67.4%
6 Canada66.2%
7 Netherlands64.2%
8 Turkiye62.2%
9 United Kingdom62.1%
10 France61.3%
11 Czech Republic60.5%
12 United States60.4%
13 Mexico59.5%
14 Germany57.6%
15 Chile56.8%
16 Poland56.0%
17 Switzerland55.1%
18 Iceland54.0%
19 Hungary53.3%
20 Norway50.2%
21 Lithuania50.0%
22 Finland49.1%
23 Latvia48.4%
24 Sweden47.4%
25 Spain47.1%
26 Slovenia45.9%
27 Israel44.0%
28 Slovakia43.3%
29 Denmark38.9%
30 Republic of Korea36.6%
31 Portugal33.1%

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 = -0.014224 X +6.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 56741.704576 X +16417.980
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 2.109678 X +79.367
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.282504 X +1.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.911585 X +13.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022