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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 "We each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada12.0%
2 Austria11.8%
3 Sweden10.6%
4 New Zealand10.2%
5 Norway9.6%
6 United States9.5%
7 United Kingdom9.0%
8 Australia7.6%
9 Israel6.3%
10 Germany5.8%
11 Slovenia4.9%
12 Netherlands3.8%
13 Poland3.4%
14 Ireland3.0%
15 Hungary2.9%
16 Italy2.8%
16 Japan 2.8%
18 Czech Republic2.6%
19 Spain1.3%

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 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 7.773105 X +6.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 256756.441718 X +33258.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 11.799131 X +80.271
Correlation coefficient (r)0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.015808 X +1.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 15.017807 X +11.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022