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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico30.0%
2 Portugal21.4%
3 Japan20.6%
4 Slovakia16.3%
5 United States15.4%
6 Taiwan15.3%
7 Chile 14.9%
8 Philippines14.4%
9 Czech Republic13.8%
10 Russian Federation13.7%
11 Israel12.8%
12 Brazil12.5%
13 Hungary11.1%
14 Cyprus10.7%
15 Poland10.3%
16 Switzerland8.7%
17 France8.4%
18 Latvia8.0%
19 Germany7.3%
20 Finland6.9%
21 Australia6.6%
22 Slovenia6.3%
23 United Kingdom6.0%
24 Belgium5.7%
25 Spain5.6%
26 Austria5.1%
27 Denmark4.8%
28 New Zealand3.9%
29 Bulgaria3.6%
30 Ireland3.5%
31 Netherlands3.0%
32 Norway2.6%
32 Sweden2.6%

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 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.984856 X +7.181
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -205441.544929 X +61749.183
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -19.862677 X +81.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 1.333906 X +1.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -13.383310 X +13.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029