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Question: In your household, who does the laundry?
Choices: "Always me" "Usually me" "About equal or both together" "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner" "Is done by a third person"
Data: % of the female respondents who answer "Always me" "Usually me" and the male respondents who answer "Usually my spouse/ partner" "Always my spouse/ partner"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia93.6%
2 Belgium92.7%
3 Czech Republic91.7%
4 Portugal91.5%
5 Germany91.2%
6 Austria90.4%
7 Ireland90.0%
8 Slovenia89.4%
9 Hungary88.7%
10 Japan 88.3%
11 France87.4%
12 Netherlands86.9%
13 Spain86.7%
14 Switzerland86.3%
15 Norway84.6%
16 Poland84.4%
17 Australia84.0%
17 Mexico84.0%
19 Finland83.0%
20 Latvia82.1%
21 United Kingdom82.0%
22 Chile81.7%
23 New Zealand81.0%
24 Denmark80.9%
24 Israel80.9%
26 Sweden75.6%
27 United States68.7%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ other answers 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 = -2.752352 X +9.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -89007.277899 X +122609.257
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.346644 X +79.360
Correlation coefficient (r)0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.283477 X +2.708
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 6.077532 X +7.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008