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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 20.6%
2 United States15.4%
3 France8.4%
4 Germany7.3%
5 Australia6.6%
6 United Kingdom6.0%
7 Sweden2.6%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.771839 X +7.441
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.833
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.694

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -43484.749911 X +57724.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.466112 X +81.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.013
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.274797 X +1.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 22.365363 X +11.091
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259