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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to promote equality between men and women?
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:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain97.0%
2 Venezuela93.2%
3 Chile92.8%
3 Iceland92.8%
5 Croatia92.1%
6 Slovakia90.9%
7 France90.7%
8 Slovenia90.5%
9 Georgia90.4%
10 United Kingdom90.3%
11 Suriname90.0%
12 Turkiye89.6%
13 Norway89.4%
14 South Africa89.3%
15 Taiwan88.6%
16 Belgium88.3%
17 Germany87.1%
18 Sweden86.6%
19 Philippines86.3%
20 Thailand85.7%
21 Hungary85.0%
21 New Zealand85.0%
23 Israel84.8%
23 United States84.8%
25 India84.7%
26 Switzerland84.5%
27 Australia84.4%
28 Finland81.5%
29 Czech Republic80.7%
30 Latvia76.9%
31 Lithuania75.8%
32 Russian Federation70.6%
33 Japan 69.7%
34 Denmark69.4%
35 Republic of Korea57.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.475380 X +6.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -22040.305092 X +54311.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -7.043939 X +83.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.900748 X +0.117
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -28.680991 X +35.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171