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Question: Who do you think should primarily provide care for older people?
Choices: "Government" "Private companies/for-profit organisations" "Non-profit organisations/charities/cooperatives" "Religious organisations" "Family, relatives or friends"
Data: % of "Family, relatives or friends"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 China68.2%
2 Lithuania51.5%
3 Philippines49.0%
4 Taiwan46.1%
5 Mexico34.1%
6 Russian Federation29.0%
7 United States25.3%
8 Croatia25.2%
9 Hungary23.0%
10 Thailand21.1%
11 Suriname20.1%
12 Spain19.9%
13 India18.6%
14 South Africa18.5%
15 Czech Republic17.7%
16 Switzerland17.6%
17 Austria15.7%
18 Australia15.1%
19 France 15.0%
20 Slovakia14.6%
21 Japan14.2%
22 Germany11.5%
23 Slovenia11.2%
24 New Zealand11.1%
25 United Kingdom7.5%
26 Israel2.1%
27 Denmark1.9%
28 Finland1.6%
29 Iceland1.5%
30 Sweden0.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.878245 X +6.930
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -79992.857000 X +54007.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -13.344628 X +81.027
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.138954 X +1.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.257796 X +11.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000