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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 60.3%
2 Italy26.5%
3 Australia12.7%
4 United States12.2%
5 United Kingdom11.7%
6 Germany11.2%
7 Canada6.5%
8 Sweden2.5%

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 = -2.186106 X +7.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.947
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.897

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -38791.943082 X +59173.029
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.086250 X +80.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.509241 X +1.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.623
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.388

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.200757 X +11.767
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014