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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of "We have about the same income"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia28.1%
2 Sweden17.5%
3 France15.7%
4 United Kingdom12.6%
5 United States11.3%
6 Germany10.6%
7 Japan 4.8%

Note
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 = 3.847289 X +6.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 80140.024405 X +42051.305
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.283010 X +81.027
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.916762 X +1.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.388849 X +14.147
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029