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Question: When you and your spouse/partner make decisions about the following, who has the final say in choosing shared weekend activities?
Choices: "Mostly me" "Mostly my spouse/ partner" "Sometimes me/ sometimes my spouse/ partner" "We decide together" "Someone else"
Data: % of women who answer "Mostly me"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 23.6%
2 Mexico21.3%
3 Israel20.1%
4 Slovakia19.5%
5 Chile19.3%
6 Poland18.7%
7 Portugal17.8%
8 Hungary17.0%
9 Ireland16.2%
10 Australia14.9%
11 Latvia14.1%
12 United States13.9%
13 Czech Republic12.8%
14 Sweden12.5%
15 France11.1%
16 Denmark10.8%
17 United Kingdom10.2%
18 Spain9.9%
19 Finland9.6%
19 Netherlands9.6%
21 Slovenia8.5%
22 Switzerland8.2%
23 New Zealand7.9%
24 Austria7.4%
25 Germany6.5%
26 Belgium5.7%
27 Norway5.4%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2002

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.437461 X +7.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -218661.795799 X +75081.920
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -16.895615 X +82.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.816548 X +1.374
Correlation coefficient (r)0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -22.746810 X +15.603
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095