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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 54.7%
2 United States13.5%
3 Australia10.1%
4 United Kingdom8.9%
5 Germany6.8%
6 France3.1%
7 Sweden2.8%

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 = -2.024852 X +7.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -27624.440154 X +57510.974
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.569935 X +80.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.651040 X +1.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.800
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.640

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.858994 X +12.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105