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Question: In your household, who does the washing and ironing?
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 women who answer "Always the woman" "Usually the woman"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy97.8%
2 Japan 92.8%
3 Germany89.3%
4 Australia85.3%
5 United Kingdom84.7%
6 Sweden83.4%
7 Canada71.0%
8 United States70.4%

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 = -2.360012 X +8.869
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -88248.367856 X +126636.342
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.730
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.533

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 13.885356 X +69.952
Correlation coefficient (r)0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.824811 X +2.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.339944 X +25.100
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192