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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 women who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia30.3%
2 United States22.7%
3 Sweden19.5%
4 France18.1%
5 Germany16.7%
6 United Kingdom16.1%
7 Japan 4.0%

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 = 4.274969 X +6.111
Correlation coefficient (r)0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 111465.512664 X +33281.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.810
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.656

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.378060 X +83.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.028514 X +1.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.885892 X +13.754
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007