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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden31.3%
2 Latvia24.4%
3 Czech Republic23.2%
3 Norway23.2%
5 Finland 21.5%
6 France19.1%
7 United Kingdom17.1%
8 Cyprus17.0%
9 New Zealand16.4%
10 Netherlands16.2%
11 Slovakia15.5%
12 Denmark15.2%
13 Slovenia15.1%
14 Austria14.0%
15 Australia13.7%
16 Switzerland13.3%
17 Ireland12.7%
18 Russian Federation11.4%
19 Belgium11.1%
20 United States10.1%
21 Germany9.6%
22 Hungary8.9%
23 Bulgaria8.0%
24 Taiwan7.6%
25 Mexico7.2%
25 Portugal7.2%
27 Chile6.9%
28 Japan6.3%
29 Poland5.8%
30 Brazil5.3%
31 Israel5.1%
31 Philippines5.1%
33 Spain3.9%

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 = 4.615831 X +6.080
Correlation coefficient (r)0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 143053.211003 X +22522.062
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 14.144609 X +77.743
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -1.026779 X +1.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 24.639089 X +8.904
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111