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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
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 86.4%
2 Germany78.5%
3 Australia77.2%
4 France67.9%
5 Sweden65.8%
6 United States64.5%
7 United Kingdom62.4%

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 = -2.769717 X +8.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -48285.801433 X +88244.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 16.367602 X +69.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.634
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.402

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.155073 X +2.421
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.948269 X +7.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068