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Question: In your household, who does the washing and ironing?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States25.3%
2 Canada24.9%
3 New Zealand21.1%
4 United Kingdom17.5%
5 Sweden16.2%
6 Australia15.8%
7 Norway15.3%
8 Israel13.6%
9 Ireland11.8%
10 Netherlands10.1%
11 Poland 9.9%
12 Hungary9.3%
13 Germany7.8%
13 Spain7.8%
15 Czech Republic5.0%
16 Slovenia4.7%
17 Austria4.1%
18 Japan3.6%
19 Italy2.0%

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 = 2.955610 X +6.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 136085.872722 X +33288.268
Correlation coefficient (r)0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.155490 X +81.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.949417 X +1.468
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.773353 X +12.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003