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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
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 the female respondents who answer "Always me" "Usually me" and the male respondents who answer "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany87.8%
2 Japan 87.4%
3 France86.4%
4 Republic of Korea86.3%
5 United Kingdom81.2%
6 Australia78.8%
7 Canada74.8%
8 Sweden73.6%
9 United States66.6%

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 = -3.929640 X +9.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -125064.522160 X +151772.381
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.826
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.682

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 18.043771 X +67.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.202752 X +2.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 13.035047 X +4.308
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029