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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 "We each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada12.0%
2 Sweden10.6%
3 United States9.5%
4 United Kingdom9.0%
5 Australia7.6%
6 Germany5.8%
7 Italy2.8%
7 Japan 2.8%

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 = 9.813481 X +6.142
Correlation coefficient (r)0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 231847.710778 X +34792.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -27.366982 X +83.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.822046 X +1.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 22.170967 X +10.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051