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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:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus99.6%
2 Russian Federation99.3%
3 Brazil99.0%
4 Chile98.9%
4 Italy98.9%
4 Norway98.9%
7 Poland98.8%
8 Hungary98.7%
9 Finland98.6%
10 Spain98.5%
11 Slovenia98.3%
12 Latvia98.1%
13 Denmark98.0%
14 United States97.2%
15 Austria96.5%
16 Czech Republic95.9%
17 South Africa95.8%
18 Canada95.6%
19 France95.5%
19 Israel95.5%
21 Germany94.0%
22 Australia92.6%
23 New Zealand92.5%
24 Philippines89.7%
25 Syrian Arab Republic88.0%
26 Uruguay83.5%
27 Japan 82.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 211 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.858830 X +5.775
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 47373.234628 X -7673.333
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 3.147322 X +75.191
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -2.703591 X +4.289
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.348316 X +14.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001