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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 55.3%
2 Republic of Korea48.0%
3 United States16.8%
4 Australia10.9%
4 Germany10.9%
6 Canada10.7%
7 United Kingdom7.6%
8 France3.9%
9 Sweden1.9%

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 = -2.315054 X +7.225
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.905
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.819

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -35155.551529 X +57802.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.944877 X +80.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.122018 X +1.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.773
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.598

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 19.082785 X +11.258
Correlation coefficient (r)0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420