Tweet
Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the old?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland99.7%
2 Spain99.5%
3 Hungary99.0%
4 Poland98.8%
5 Portugal98.7%
6 Norway98.6%
7 Chile98.5%
8 Latvia97.7%
9 Denmark97.5%
10 United States97.4%
11 Switzerland97.0%
12 Finland96.9%
13 Netherlands96.6%
14 Slovenia96.4%
15 Israel95.4%
16 New Zealand95.3%
17 Australia94.9%
18 Czech Republic94.7%
19 Canada94.6%
20 Germany94.3%
21 France93.5%
22 Republic of Korea90.0%
23 Japan 88.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer 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 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 2.809639 X +4.053
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 138337.999112 X -83072.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -32.598920 X +112.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 1.673706 X -0.094
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -52.873185 X +61.448
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178