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Question: In your household, who cares for sick family members?
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 "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia57.2%
2 Finland 56.7%
3 Sweden54.6%
4 Norway53.7%
5 Spain53.0%
6 Denmark52.4%
7 Iceland51.9%
8 Portugal49.0%
9 Poland48.7%
10 China48.5%
11 Israel47.4%
12 Latvia45.6%
13 Croatia45.3%
14 Taiwan44.6%
15 France44.0%
16 Canada43.4%
17 United Kingdom43.2%
18 Lithuania43.0%
19 Belgium42.8%
20 United States42.5%
21 Ireland42.2%
22 Netherlands40.7%
23 Russian Federation40.2%
24 Bulgaria40.1%
25 Germany39.9%
26 Austria38.8%
27 Switzerland38.7%
28 Argentina36.5%
29 Australia35.6%
30 Mexico35.1%
31 Hungary34.2%
32 Slovakia33.1%
33 Philippines32.2%
34 Republic of Korea31.5%
35 South Africa31.4%
36 Czech Republic28.2%
37 Turkiye25.0%
38 Chile24.6%
39 Japan20.4%
40 India17.2%
41 Venezuela11.5%

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 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 5.186151 X +4.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 110102.161973 X -7361.906
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 17.617765 X +71.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.027097 X +2.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 9.390839 X +9.221
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027