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Question: In your household, who look after sick family members?
Choices: "Always the woman" "Usually the woman" "About equal or both together" "Usually the man" "Always the man" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of women who answer "Always the woman" "Usually the woman"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan84.4%
2 Australia71.8%
3 Spain68.0%
4 Czech Republic67.2%
5 Austria65.1%
6 Italy64.2%
7 New Zealand64.1%
8 United Kingdom56.3%
9 Germany54.9%
9 Ireland54.9%
11 Netherlands54.2%
11 United States54.2%
13 Canada53.3%
14 Poland 53.1%
15 Hungary53.0%
16 Israel52.6%
17 Slovenia48.8%
18 Norway47.7%
19 Sweden44.5%

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. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.702847 X +7.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -51634.984846 X +79689.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 7.985884 X +76.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.995246 X +2.164
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -3.385597 X +14.035
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008