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Question: Who usually makes /made the decisions about how to bring up your children?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide/ decided together" "Someone else"
Data: % of men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico19.7%
2 Turkiye19.3%
3 Republic of Korea17.3%
4 Chile10.3%
5 Japan6.5%
6 Czech Republic6.2%
7 United States5.6%
8 Lithuania4.9%
9 France4.6%
10 Latvia4.5%
11 Israel4.2%
12 United Kingdom4.1%
13 Belgium4.0%
14 Spain3.8%
15 Ireland3.0%
15 Portugal3.0%
17 Austria2.9%
17 Poland 2.9%
17 Slovakia2.9%
20 Hungary2.3%
21 Finland2.0%
21 Sweden2.0%
23 Australia1.9%
24 Slovenia1.8%
25 Germany1.5%
25 Netherlands1.5%
27 Norway1.4%
27 Switzerland1.4%
29 Denmark1.3%
30 Canada0.9%
31 Iceland0.5%

Note
The question is asked to those who bring/ brought up a child/ children. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -9.059243 X +7.181
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -246030.479783 X +56823.747
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -15.925778 X +81.171
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.834145 X +1.552
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -11.293991 X +13.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011