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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea26.1%
2 Japan 13.6%
3 United States11.4%
4 United Kingdom9.3%
5 France7.3%
6 Australia5.7%
7 Germany5.5%
8 Canada3.6%
9 Sweden3.2%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.973646 X +7.367
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.857
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.734

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -93123.310589 X +60185.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.882546 X +81.284
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.184691 X +1.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.805
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.648

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 67.584388 X +8.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.842
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.709