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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan54.7%
2 Spain24.0%
3 Mexico20.7%
4 Chile19.9%
5 Hungary18.3%
6 Slovakia18.2%
7 Latvia15.7%
8 Czech Republic15.2%
9 Ireland14.3%
10 Poland14.0%
11 United States13.5%
12 Australia10.1%
13 New Zealand9.1%
14 United Kingdom8.9%
15 Germany6.8%
16 Israel6.5%
17 Switzerland 6.3%
18 Austria5.7%
19 Netherlands5.1%
20 Denmark4.9%
21 Portugal3.4%
21 Slovenia3.4%
23 Belgium3.3%
24 France3.1%
25 Sweden2.8%
26 Finland1.5%
27 Norway1.2%

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 = -2.570127 X +7.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -87949.628318 X +57049.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.435704 X +80.840
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.711243 X +1.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.744899 X +10.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001