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Question: Considering all sources of income, between you and your spouse/partner, who has the higher income?
Choices: "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income" "We have about the same income" "My spouse/ partner has a higher income" "My spouse/ partner has a much higher income" "I have no income"
Data: % of women who answer "My spouse/ partner has no income" "I have a much higher income" "I have a higher income"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada30.8%
2 United States26.1%
3 Germany20.4%
3 Sweden20.4%
5 France18.3%
6 United Kingdom16.0%
7 Australia14.6%
8 Republic of Korea13.2%
9 Japan 5.8%

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 = 4.254203 X +6.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.626
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.392

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 85391.841896 X +35605.679
Correlation coefficient (r)0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -19.503114 X +85.433
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.684
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.468

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.214115 X +1.263
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -19.915234 X +18.442
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065