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Question: In your household, who does the washing and ironing?
Choices: "Always the woman" "Usually the woman" "About equal or both together" "Usually the man" "Always the man" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of "About equal or both together"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States25.3%
2 Canada24.9%
3 New Zealand21.1%
4 United Kingdom17.5%
5 Philippines 16.9%
6 Sweden16.2%
7 Australia15.8%
8 Norway15.3%
9 Israel13.6%
10 Ireland11.8%
11 Netherlands10.1%
12 Poland9.9%
13 Hungary9.3%
14 Germany7.8%
14 Spain7.8%
16 Russian Federation5.5%
17 Czech Republic5.0%
18 Slovenia4.7%
19 Austria4.1%
20 Bulgaria3.8%
21 Japan3.6%
22 Italy2.0%

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. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4.037463 X +6.244
Correlation coefficient (r)0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 144762.985931 X +27382.285
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 5.124493 X +79.213
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.375747 X +1.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -13.594599 X +13.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036