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Question: In your household, who look after sick family members?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 55.6%
2 Norway54.4%
3 Hungary50.3%
4 Israel49.8%
5 Netherlands49.4%
6 Slovenia49.3%
7 Canada49.0%
8 United States48.1%
9 United Kingdom48.0%
10 Ireland46.7%
10 Poland46.7%
12 Germany45.2%
13 Italy41.6%
14 New Zealand40.4%
15 Spain37.7%
16 Austria36.8%
17 Czech Republic35.2%
18 Australia33.7%
19 Japan19.0%

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 = 2.114383 X +5.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 87282.384666 X +11919.617
Correlation coefficient (r)0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -7.819670 X +84.418
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.174997 X +1.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.206755 X +9.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000