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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France20.6%
2 United States18.9%
3 United Kingdom17.1%
4 Norway15.6%
5 Sweden15.5%
6 New Zealand14.6%
7 Austria14.1%
7 Denmark14.1%
9 Belgium14.0%
9 Slovenia14.0%
11 Japan13.8%
12 Finland13.7%
13 Netherlands13.6%
14 Latvia13.4%
15 Switzerland 13.2%
16 Czech Republic13.1%
17 Ireland12.7%
18 Spain12.3%
19 Chile12.0%
20 Germany11.9%
20 Mexico11.9%
22 Australia11.1%
23 Slovakia10.6%
24 Israel10.4%
25 Hungary9.4%
26 Portugal9.0%
27 Poland7.9%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = 5.040685 X +6.119
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 357264.457366 X -504.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 35.607422 X +75.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.023084 X +1.638
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 30.448339 X +5.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088