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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of women who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 23.6%
2 Australia14.9%
3 United States13.9%
4 Sweden12.5%
5 France11.1%
6 United Kingdom10.2%
7 Germany6.5%

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 = -5.501636 X +7.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -40289.938099 X +58904.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 21.059033 X +78.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.552063 X +1.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 24.830988 X +9.940
Correlation coefficient (r)0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234