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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 men who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy19.1%
2 Israel15.9%
3 Ireland14.8%
4 Austria14.4%
5 Japan13.6%
6 Australia12.1%
7 Russian Federation12.0%
7 Spain12.0%
9 United States11.5%
10 Philippines11.3%
11 Canada10.2%
12 United Kingdom9.7%
13 New Zealand8.4%
14 Germany7.6%
15 Czech Republic7.0%
16 Netherlands6.7%
17 Bulgaria6.6%
18 Hungary4.9%
19 Poland 4.7%
20 Norway2.8%
21 Slovenia1.7%
22 Sweden0.9%

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

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.782629 X +6.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 41790.583385 X +40015.017
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 11.255375 X +78.736
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.073686 X +1.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -33.416282 X +15.249
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104