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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One has young children, the other does not have young children. In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The one who has young children" "The one who has no young children" "Having young children should make no difference"
Data: % of "The one who has young children"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 United States45.7%
3 Italy40.4%
5 Japan34.6%
6 United Kingdom33.4%
7 France31.9%
8 Germany30.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.219568 X +6.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 160311.407018 X -7446.940
Correlation coefficient (r)0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -20.996685 X +89.109
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.165733 X +1.558
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 20.339467 X +1.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107