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Question: What kind of marriage do you think is the more satisfying way of life?
Choices: "One where the husband provides for the family and the wife takes care of the house and children" "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Data: % of "One where the husband and wife both have jobs and together take care of the house and children"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 97.0%
2 Spain94.9%
3 France93.3%
4 Germany86.2%
5 Canada85.7%
6 Netherlands84.9%
7 United Kingdom84.5%
8 Italy79.0%
8 Japan79.0%
10 Greece76.5%
10 Republic of Korea76.5%
12 United States76.4%
13 Australia76.3%
14 Mexico74.4%
15 Hungary74.0%
16 Poland72.1%
17 Slovakia68.8%
18 Israel67.1%
19 Czech Republic65.4%
20 Turkiye63.3%
21 Lithuania61.8%

Note
Other/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.790887 X +5.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 80137.107314 X -25152.361
Correlation coefficient (r)0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 23.965879 X +60.845
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.034724 X +2.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.442770 X +12.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005