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Question: In your household, who does small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always the woman" "Usually the woman" "About equal or both together" "Usually the man" "Always the man" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of men who answer "Usually the man" "Always the man"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia88.0%
2 Germany86.9%
3 Sweden86.7%
4 Canada81.7%
5 United Kingdom81.2%
6 United States79.8%
7 Japan 77.1%
8 Italy75.2%

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. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.245020 X +0.933
Correlation coefficient (r)0.808
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.653

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 152781.108472 X -73185.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.622
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.387

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.267617 X +81.443
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.285827 X -0.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.720
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.518

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 19.795724 X -4.085
Correlation coefficient (r)0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077