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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 each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland29.4%
2 Austria24.9%
3 Canada15.9%
4 Ireland15.1%
5 Iceland14.3%
6 France14.2%
7 Switzerland13.6%
8 United Kingdom13.3%
9 Germany13.2%
10 Sweden12.7%
11 Denmark12.5%
12 United States 11.8%
13 Norway11.6%
14 Netherlands11.2%
15 Belgium10.4%
16 Australia10.0%
17 Slovenia9.5%
18 Lithuania8.7%
19 Poland8.0%
20 Latvia7.8%
21 Chile7.7%
22 Mexico7.6%
23 Japan7.0%
24 Israel6.7%
25 Republic of Korea6.6%
26 Czech Republic4.0%
27 Portugal3.9%
28 Spain3.5%
29 Slovakia2.8%
30 Turkiye1.1%
31 Hungary0.4%

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 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 7.407772 X +5.984
Correlation coefficient (r)0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 223636.467689 X +22020.133
Correlation coefficient (r)0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 17.678625 X +78.588
Correlation coefficient (r)0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.771182 X +1.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 9.210105 X +12.306
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011