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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States25.3%
2 Canada24.9%
3 United Kingdom17.5%
4 Sweden16.2%
5 Australia15.8%
6 Germany7.8%
7 Japan 3.6%
8 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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.097613 X +6.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 99488.099537 X +38144.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.470092 X +83.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.041288 X +1.347
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 11.463069 X +10.542
Correlation coefficient (r)0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091