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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines59.1%
2 Japan54.7%
3 Russian Federation34.1%
4 Taiwan29.0%
5 Spain24.0%
6 Mexico20.7%
7 Chile19.9%
8 Hungary18.3%
9 Slovakia18.2%
10 Latvia15.7%
11 Brazil 15.5%
12 Czech Republic15.2%
13 Ireland14.3%
14 Poland14.0%
15 United States13.5%
16 Australia10.1%
17 New Zealand9.1%
18 United Kingdom8.9%
19 Germany6.8%
20 Bulgaria6.7%
21 Israel6.5%
22 Switzerland6.3%
23 Austria5.7%
24 Netherlands5.1%
25 Denmark4.9%
26 Portugal3.4%
26 Slovenia3.4%
28 Belgium3.3%
29 France3.1%
30 Sweden2.8%
31 Finland1.5%
32 Norway1.2%
33 Cyprus0.9%

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

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.447912 X +7.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -79797.845304 X +52117.163
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -11.243908 X +81.103
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.491554 X +1.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -3.136504 X +12.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008