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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:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan60.3%
2 Spain26.8%
3 Italy26.5%
4 Hungary25.1%
5 Ireland16.1%
6 Poland13.9%
7 Czech Republic 13.1%
8 Australia12.7%
9 United States12.2%
10 Israel11.7%
10 United Kingdom11.7%
12 Germany11.2%
13 Austria9.9%
14 New Zealand8.5%
15 Netherlands7.9%
16 Canada6.5%
17 Slovenia4.2%
18 Sweden2.5%
19 Norway2.2%

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

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.456642 X +7.251
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -52540.195036 X +57286.724
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 3.008663 X +80.568
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.676420 X +1.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.485288 X +12.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000