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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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France20.6%
2 United States18.9%
3 United Kingdom17.1%
4 Sweden15.5%
5 Japan 13.8%
6 Germany11.9%
7 Australia11.1%

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 = -1.225447 X +7.080
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14650.753006 X +55847.810
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -29.630894 X +86.253
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.695839 X +1.172
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9.531126 X +11.746
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015