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Question: Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Choices: "I do much more than my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit more than my fair % of the household work" "I do roughly my fair % of the household work" "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work"
Data: % of "I do a bit less than my fair % of the household work" "I do much less than my fair % of the household work" among men
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan62.0%
2 Chile55.3%
3 Belgium50.0%
4 Croatia48.7%
5 China48.2%
6 Czech Republic48.0%
7 Taiwan47.5%
8 Sweden45.9%
9 France45.6%
10 Germany45.3%
11 Argentina44.7%
12 Hungary44.5%
13 Lithuania43.9%
14 Spain43.7%
15 Netherlands43.6%
16 Iceland43.5%
17 Slovenia42.8%
18 Norway42.2%
19 Canada42.1%
20 United States41.8%
21 Austria41.6%
22 Finland41.3%
23 Australia40.7%
24 Portugal40.6%
25 Philippines39.5%
26 Ireland39.2%
26 United Kingdom39.2%
28 Mexico37.9%
29 Switzerland 37.4%
30 Poland36.4%
31 Republic of Korea34.9%
32 Slovakia33.8%
33 Bulgaria31.8%
34 Israel30.3%
35 Denmark29.9%
36 South Africa29.4%
37 India29.2%
38 Russian Federation26.4%
39 Latvia23.7%
40 Venezuela20.5%
41 Turkiye11.9%

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 = 3.803083 X +4.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 67354.651247 X +10108.690
Correlation coefficient (r)0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 21.866460 X +70.052
Correlation coefficient (r)0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.417853 X +2.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 8.188947 X +9.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016