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Question: In your household, who look after sick family members?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden55.6%
2 Canada49.0%
3 United States48.1%
4 United Kingdom48.0%
5 Germany45.2%
6 Italy41.6%
7 Australia33.7%
8 Japan 19.0%

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 = 2.902171 X +5.645
Correlation coefficient (r)0.778
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.605

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 41985.767940 X +34355.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.378257 X +86.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.649572 X +1.218
Correlation coefficient (r)0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.590448 X +14.115
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024