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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 men who answer "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile56.1%
2 Japan54.7%
3 Austria52.1%
4 Germany50.4%
5 Norway49.8%
6 Sweden49.2%
7 Spain48.6%
8 Portugal48.4%
9 Slovenia47.7%
10 Belgium46.3%
11 Finland45.5%
12 Netherlands45.3%
13 United Kingdom45.1%
14 Mexico43.9%
15 Czech Republic43.4%
16 Switzerland 42.9%
17 New Zealand41.9%
18 Hungary40.2%
18 Ireland40.2%
20 Australia39.4%
20 France39.4%
22 Latvia36.0%
23 Denmark34.1%
24 United States33.3%
25 Poland31.3%
26 Slovakia31.1%
27 Israel30.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.507830 X +7.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -17622.423188 X +54549.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 20.321983 X +71.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.982911 X +2.492
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.249027 X +10.094
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000