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Question: Thinking about elderly people who need some help in their everyday lives, such as help with grocery shopping, cleaning the house, doing the laundry etc. Who do you think should primarily provide this help?
Choices: "Family members" "Government agencies" "Non-profit organisations (e.g. charitable organisations, churches/religious organisations)" "Private providers of this kind of help"
Data: % of "Family members"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Argentina 86.0%
2 Venezuela85.0%
3 Mexico73.1%
4 Chile64.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 29 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -2.739454 X +8.321
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -36253.466914 X +39995.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -24.272712 X +94.095
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 2.223137 X +0.138
Correlation coefficient (r)0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -10.918918 X +14.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156