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Question: In your household, who makes small repairs around the house?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of men who answer "Always me" "Usually me"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany88.0%
2 Finland 87.0%
3 Slovakia86.4%
4 Australia85.7%
5 New Zealand85.6%
6 Hungary85.1%
7 Norway84.7%
7 Sweden84.7%
9 Switzerland84.5%
10 Czech Republic84.3%
11 Austria82.9%
12 Denmark82.4%
13 Portugal82.2%
14 France81.7%
15 Russian Federation81.6%
16 Slovenia81.4%
17 Belgium81.0%
18 Ireland80.9%
19 United Kingdom80.2%
20 United States79.5%
21 Latvia78.8%
22 Brazil78.6%
23 Israel78.1%
24 Philippines77.0%
25 Taiwan76.3%
26 Cyprus74.8%
27 Japan72.8%
28 Bulgaria71.9%
29 Spain71.5%
30 Chile70.7%
31 Mexico67.6%
32 Poland4.4%
33 Netherlands1.0%

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 = 0.339037 X +6.424
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 18510.874367 X +27107.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 1.805239 X +78.240
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.135332 X +1.525
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 3.500417 X +9.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020