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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 men who answer "Usually the man" "Always the man"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel22.8%
2 Hungary13.9%
3 Australia13.7%
4 Canada11.9%
5 Norway11.8%
6 Slovenia11.0%
6 Sweden 11.0%
8 Netherlands10.8%
9 Poland9.4%
10 Austria8.6%
11 United States8.3%
12 Germany7.4%
12 Italy7.4%
14 Ireland6.0%
15 United Kingdom5.7%
16 New Zealand5.5%
17 Czech Republic5.4%
18 Spain4.2%
19 Japan1.7%

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 = 4.011180 X +6.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 73290.632392 X +43556.897
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -3.821279 X +81.329
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 5.828040 X +1.077
Correlation coefficient (r)0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.451783 X +9.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002