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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:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan55.3%
2 Republic of Korea48.0%
3 Chile26.9%
4 Mexico26.6%
5 Latvia21.4%
6 Hungary21.1%
7 Lithuania19.9%
8 United States16.8%
9 Czech Republic16.7%
10 Slovakia14.5%
11 Spain12.7%
12 Turkiye12.1%
13 Australia10.9%
13 Germany10.9%
13 Ireland10.9%
16 Canada10.7%
17 Israel10.0%
18 Poland8.4%
19 United Kingdom7.6%
20 Austria6.9%
21 Switzerland 6.6%
22 Belgium6.2%
23 Netherlands4.8%
24 Portugal4.5%
25 France3.9%
26 Denmark3.5%
27 Slovenia2.8%
28 Finland2.6%
28 Norway2.6%
30 Sweden1.9%
31 Iceland1.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.348078 X +7.037
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -82798.191926 X +56666.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.392149 X +80.712
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.939769 X +1.730
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 10.634571 X +9.062
Correlation coefficient (r)0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107