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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 "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden31.5%
2 France19.8%
3 Canada18.3%
4 United Kingdom 17.2%
5 Australia12.3%
6 Germany10.9%
7 United States9.8%
8 Japan8.5%
9 Republic of Korea2.7%

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.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 4.129330 X +6.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.693
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.480

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 47515.698153 X +44401.604
Correlation coefficient (r)0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.881391 X +81.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.177863 X +1.170
Correlation coefficient (r)0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -35.187050 X +19.899
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262