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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of "We have about the same income"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia28.5%
2 Australia28.1%
3 Slovenia24.4%
4 New Zealand24.1%
5 Finland19.6%
6 Czech Republic19.1%
6 Slovakia19.1%
8 Israel18.7%
9 Denmark18.5%
10 Ireland18.1%
11 Sweden17.5%
12 Hungary17.3%
13 France15.7%
14 Poland14.9%
15 Belgium14.5%
16 Norway13.8%
16 Portugal13.8%
18 United Kingdom12.6%
19 Mexico11.9%
20 Spain11.8%
21 United States11.3%
22 Chile10.9%
23 Germany10.6%
24 Switzerland 9.3%
25 Austria8.5%
26 Netherlands8.1%
27 Japan4.8%

Note
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 = 1.119027 X +6.612
Correlation coefficient (r)0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -33829.414550 X +52263.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.276578 X +81.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.420805 X +1.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 16.108342 X +7.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110