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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of women who answer "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom64.7%
2 Australia64.5%
3 France62.5%
4 Germany60.9%
5 United States58.9%
6 Sweden56.2%
7 Japan 43.9%

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 = 4.080018 X +4.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 56630.052836 X +20270.100
Correlation coefficient (r)0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.199440 X +89.404
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.297345 X +0.829
Correlation coefficient (r)0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -22.226112 X +26.298
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346