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Question: In your household, who does the household cleaning?
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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan83.1%
2 Portugal78.2%
3 Czech Republic77.2%
4 Australia76.8%
5 Latvia76.4%
6 Spain76.3%
7 Mexico75.0%
8 Ireland74.3%
9 Slovakia74.1%
10 Germany73.1%
11 Norway71.8%
12 Hungary71.7%
13 Netherlands71.1%
14 Austria70.4%
15 New Zealand69.7%
16 Belgium68.6%
16 Switzerland68.6%
18 Chile68.3%
19 Poland66.7%
20 France66.0%
21 Slovenia65.2%
22 United States64.9%
23 United Kingdom64.4%
24 Finland62.6%
25 Israel 60.5%
26 Denmark59.2%
27 Sweden58.5%

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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.861750 X +10.248
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -101884.854710 X +117955.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.751600 X +83.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.725733 X +2.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.780798 X +12.086
Correlation coefficient (r)0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000