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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia74.7%
1 Japan 74.7%
3 Germany63.0%
4 United Kingdom61.5%
5 United States59.2%
6 France55.0%
7 Sweden47.4%

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 = -2.235847 X +8.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -22066.110491 X +67296.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9.126358 X +75.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.043143 X +2.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.482333 X +14.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008