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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 women who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 75.4%
2 Australia67.6%
3 Republic of Korea66.3%
4 Canada63.5%
5 Germany61.7%
6 United Kingdom60.9%
7 France58.3%
8 United States55.2%
9 Sweden45.0%

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 = -3.879089 X +9.186
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -69531.406843 X +94110.496
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 12.491284 X +74.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.673499 X +2.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.218421 X +9.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019