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Question: In your household, who does the household cleaning?
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 Japan 83.1%
2 Australia76.8%
3 Germany73.1%
4 France66.0%
5 United States64.9%
6 United Kingdom64.4%
7 Sweden58.5%

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 = -3.350986 X +9.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -48868.603789 X +87553.195
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 14.456595 X +71.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.245648 X +2.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.712
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.507

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.542822 X +10.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012