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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of men who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany88.0%
2 Australia85.7%
3 Sweden84.7%
4 France81.7%
5 United Kingdom80.2%
6 United States79.5%
7 Japan 72.8%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = 7.143255 X +1.046
Correlation coefficient (r)0.831
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.691

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 95066.790353 X -24196.063
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.838590 X +88.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.292738 X +0.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.987543 X +24.670
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066