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Question: In your household, who look after sick family members?
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 women who answer "Always the woman" "Usually the woman"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan84.4%
2 Australia71.8%
3 Spain68.0%
4 Czech Republic67.2%
5 Austria65.1%
6 Italy64.2%
7 New Zealand64.1%
8 Philippines 56.3%
8 United Kingdom56.3%
10 Germany54.9%
10 Ireland54.9%
12 Netherlands54.2%
12 United States54.2%
14 Canada53.3%
15 Poland53.1%
16 Hungary53.0%
17 Israel52.6%
18 Bulgaria51.4%
19 Slovenia48.8%
20 Norway47.7%
21 Sweden44.5%
22 Russian Federation38.4%

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. 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 = 0.338405 X +6.513
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 3483.603415 X +41971.606
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 17.365325 X +69.867
Correlation coefficient (r)0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.768914 X +2.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -13.133164 X +19.603
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072