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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 each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland 29.4%
2 Taiwan26.9%
3 India25.5%
4 Austria24.9%
5 Canada15.9%
6 Ireland15.1%
7 Iceland14.3%
8 France14.2%
9 Switzerland13.6%
10 United Kingdom13.3%
11 Germany13.2%
12 Sweden12.7%
13 Denmark12.5%
14 United States11.8%
15 Norway11.6%
16 Netherlands11.2%
17 Belgium10.4%
18 Argentina10.0%
18 Australia10.0%
20 Slovenia9.5%
21 Lithuania8.7%
22 Poland8.0%
23 Venezuela7.9%
24 Latvia7.8%
25 Chile7.7%
26 Mexico7.6%
27 Japan7.0%
28 Israel6.7%
29 Republic of Korea6.6%
30 Bulgaria5.7%
31 China4.9%
32 South Africa4.7%
33 Croatia4.1%
34 Czech Republic4.0%
35 Portugal3.9%
36 Spain3.5%
37 Slovakia2.8%
38 Russian Federation2.2%
39 Philippines2.0%
40 Turkiye1.1%
41 Hungary0.4%

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 = 4.189156 X +6.017
Correlation coefficient (r)0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 161715.757638 X +20500.751
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 19.976142 X +76.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.632674 X +1.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 5.002180 X +12.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003