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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of women who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines45.6%
2 Venezuela40.3%
3 Republic of Korea27.6%
4 Chile26.7%
4 Taiwan26.7%
6 South Africa26.0%
7 Israel21.6%
8 Japan20.0%
9 Mexico18.1%
10 Poland17.8%
11 Netherlands17.3%
12 United States17.2%
13 Turkiye16.8%
14 Argentina16.5%
15 India16.1%
16 Latvia15.8%
17 United Kingdom15.6%
18 Spain15.5%
19 China15.4%
20 Russian Federation15.3%
21 Lithuania14.7%
22 Canada14.4%
22 Sweden14.4%
24 Czech Republic13.9%
24 Switzerland13.9%
26 Germany13.7%
27 Ireland13.2%
28 Belgium11.8%
29 Slovakia11.6%
30 Iceland11.4%
31 Hungary11.3%
32 Croatia11.2%
33 Finland 10.4%
34 Australia9.7%
34 Bulgaria9.7%
36 Austria8.9%
37 France8.4%
37 Portugal8.4%
39 Norway7.6%
40 Denmark7.5%
41 Slovenia7.2%

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 = -4.227108 X +7.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -133134.808544 X +58402.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -23.780778 X +82.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 2.095657 X +1.343
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -19.374559 X +16.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064