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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden54.6%
2 France44.0%
3 Canada43.4%
4 United Kingdom43.2%
5 United States42.5%
6 Germany39.9%
7 Australia35.6%
8 Republic of Korea31.5%
9 Japan 20.4%

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 = 4.160325 X +5.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.801
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.642

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 62576.298133 X +26627.952
Correlation coefficient (r)0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.740769 X +86.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.668259 X +0.828
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -20.720839 X +22.953
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120