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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 women who answer "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 55.3%
2 Republic of Korea48.0%
3 Chile26.9%
4 Mexico26.6%
5 Latvia21.4%
6 Hungary21.1%
7 Lithuania19.9%
8 United States16.8%
9 Czech Republic16.7%
10 Slovakia14.5%
11 Spain12.7%
12 Turkiye12.1%
13 Australia10.9%
13 Germany10.9%
13 Ireland10.9%
16 Canada10.7%
17 Israel10.0%
18 Poland8.4%
19 United Kingdom7.6%
20 Austria6.9%
21 Switzerland6.6%
22 Belgium6.2%
23 Netherlands4.8%
24 Portugal4.5%
25 France3.9%
26 Denmark3.5%
27 Slovenia2.8%
28 Finland2.6%
28 Norway2.6%
30 Sweden1.9%
31 Iceland1.8%

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 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.866137 X +7.126
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -74332.591232 X +54880.999
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -2.243788 X +80.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.663452 X +1.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 13.739831 X +11.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097