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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 "We each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada15.9%
2 France14.2%
3 United Kingdom13.3%
4 Germany13.2%
5 Sweden12.7%
6 United States11.8%
7 Australia10.0%
8 Japan 7.0%
9 Republic of Korea6.6%

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 = 11.425572 X +5.469
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 136302.958922 X +35461.200
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -31.903463 X +85.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.819489 X +0.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -122.357220 X +29.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462