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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of men who answer "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 54.7%
2 Germany50.4%
3 Sweden49.2%
4 United Kingdom45.1%
5 Australia39.4%
5 France39.4%
7 United States33.3%

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 = -2.008295 X +7.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -93493.564766 X +95173.208
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 19.704215 X +72.874
Correlation coefficient (r)0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.277010 X +2.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.539379 X +14.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009