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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 unemployed?
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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain93.9%
2 Norway92.7%
3 Ireland91.5%
4 Switzerland90.3%
5 Bulgaria87.6%
6 Slovenia86.4%
7 Germany84.1%
8 Latvia82.6%
9 Cyprus81.8%
10 Poland81.2%
11 France80.9%
12 Russian Federation80.6%
13 United States78.7%
14 Italy75.1%
15 Japan 73.0%
16 Philippines72.5%
17 Syrian Arab Republic71.6%
18 Israel69.9%
19 Canada65.5%
20 Australia65.2%
21 New Zealand63.5%
22 Hungary62.8%
23 Uruguay47.7%
24 Czech Republic44.7%

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 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.388123 X +6.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 72328.754768 X -12136.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 6.220167 X +74.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.764681 X +2.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.297470 X +14.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028