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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 men who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines34.5%
2 Taiwan29.3%
3 Turkiye28.9%
4 Republic of Korea26.1%
5 Mexico25.3%
6 India 24.6%
7 Venezuela21.9%
8 Russian Federation16.1%
9 China15.3%
10 South Africa15.2%
11 Chile14.7%
12 Japan13.6%
13 United States11.4%
14 Lithuania10.0%
15 Hungary9.3%
15 United Kingdom9.3%
17 Latvia9.1%
18 Czech Republic9.0%
19 Portugal8.7%
20 Argentina8.1%
21 Switzerland7.9%
22 France7.3%
23 Netherlands6.3%
23 Spain6.3%
25 Denmark6.2%
26 Belgium6.0%
26 Ireland6.0%
28 Israel5.9%
29 Slovakia5.8%
30 Australia5.7%
31 Germany5.5%
32 Bulgaria5.4%
33 Austria5.3%
33 Slovenia5.3%
35 Poland5.1%
36 Iceland4.4%
37 Croatia4.1%
38 Canada3.6%
39 Finland3.2%
39 Sweden3.2%
41 Norway1.8%

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 = -6.637927 X +7.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -165777.950755 X +55025.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -28.589198 X +81.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.773911 X +1.491
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -13.971720 X +14.449
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032