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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 men who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy19.1%
2 Japan 13.6%
3 Australia12.1%
4 United States11.5%
5 Canada10.2%
6 United Kingdom9.7%
7 Germany7.6%
8 Sweden0.9%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.833671 X +7.497
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -114465.755334 X +64328.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.467965 X +81.189
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.176914 X +1.724
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.749
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.561

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -28.674475 X +15.198
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194