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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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal55.8%
2 Sweden31.5%
3 Norway30.7%
4 Finland 26.8%
5 India23.4%
6 Latvia23.1%
7 Lithuania21.7%
8 France19.8%
9 Belgium19.4%
10 Denmark19.1%
11 Canada18.3%
12 Ireland17.8%
13 Czech Republic17.4%
14 United Kingdom17.2%
15 Netherlands17.1%
16 Slovakia16.4%
17 Switzerland15.6%
18 Slovenia15.5%
19 Austria14.3%
20 Russian Federation12.4%
21 Australia12.3%
21 Iceland12.3%
23 Bulgaria11.6%
24 Germany10.9%
25 Argentina10.6%
26 Croatia10.3%
27 United States9.8%
28 South Africa8.9%
29 Japan8.5%
30 Venezuela8.1%
31 Poland7.8%
32 Mexico7.6%
33 Hungary7.5%
34 Spain7.4%
35 Chile6.4%
36 Philippines4.7%
37 Taiwan3.9%
38 Israel3.7%
39 China3.3%
40 Republic of Korea2.7%
41 Turkiye1.4%

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 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 2.108905 X +6.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 72068.576131 X +26378.911
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 9.091956 X +77.336
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.950577 X +1.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 10.517416 X +11.429
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029