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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan60.3%
2 Philippines 53.6%
3 Russian Federation36.7%
4 Spain26.8%
5 Italy26.5%
6 Hungary25.1%
7 Ireland16.1%
8 Poland13.9%
9 Czech Republic13.1%
10 Australia12.7%
11 United States12.2%
12 Israel11.7%
12 United Kingdom11.7%
14 Germany11.2%
15 Austria9.9%
16 New Zealand8.5%
17 Netherlands7.9%
18 Bulgaria7.6%
19 Canada6.5%
20 Slovenia4.2%
21 Sweden2.5%
22 Norway2.2%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ Other 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 = -2.494684 X +7.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -72980.650114 X +56599.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -7.424798 X +81.086
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.215392 X +1.581
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.933645 X +12.426
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004