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Question: In your household, who prepares the meals?
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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria91.3%
2 Japan86.4%
3 Brazil81.9%
4 Portugal81.3%
5 Czech Republic80.9%
6 Mexico80.8%
7 Hungary79.8%
8 Austria79.7%
9 Spain79.6%
10 Cyprus79.0%
11 Germany78.5%
12 Australia77.2%
12 Slovakia77.2%
14 Poland77.1%
15 Ireland76.4%
16 Chile76.3%
17 Switzerland76.0%
18 Israel74.7%
19 Russian Federation74.2%
20 Philippines73.8%
21 Belgium72.7%
22 Latvia72.0%
23 Finland71.3%
24 Taiwan71.0%
25 Slovenia68.2%
26 France67.9%
27 Netherlands67.7%
28 New Zealand67.6%
29 Sweden65.8%
30 Norway 65.1%
31 United States64.5%
32 United Kingdom62.4%
33 Denmark62.2%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -5.309857 X +10.639
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -167740.714167 X +166161.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -12.883644 X +89.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.456113 X +1.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -13.204727 X +22.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035