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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - The social benefits in this country make people lazy.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic66.9%
2 Slovakia60.2%
3 Lithuania54.9%
4 United Kingdom53.9%
5 Australia52.4%
6 France52.2%
7 Slovenia52.1%
8 New Zealand51.6%
9 Austria 51.1%
10 United States51.0%
11 Germany49.0%
12 Spain46.5%
13 Mexico44.9%
14 Hungary44.6%
15 Finland42.5%
16 Sweden34.9%
17 Denmark32.2%
18 Switzerland30.3%
19 Israel28.2%
20 Iceland26.0%
21 Japan21.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.190219 X +7.403
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -74974.646105 X +82736.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -10.680378 X +85.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.422157 X +1.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 3.826057 X +8.671
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017