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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" among women
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 69.0%
2 Australia68.5%
3 Canada66.2%
4 United Kingdom62.1%
5 France61.3%
6 United States60.4%
7 Germany57.6%
8 Sweden47.4%
9 Republic of Korea36.6%

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 = 1.131904 X +6.133
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 29974.600630 X +33696.043
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.008616 X +82.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.387295 X +0.671
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -40.679134 X +38.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.753
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.567