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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - The government should provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain96.2%
2 India91.6%
3 Norway89.3%
4 Croatia89.1%
5 Chile86.2%
6 Philippines84.5%
7 Turkiye84.2%
8 South Africa84.0%
9 Iceland83.8%
10 Venezuela83.3%
11 Finland82.1%
12 Slovenia79.9%
13 Suriname79.3%
14 Sweden76.4%
15 Denmark75.6%
16 Russian Federation75.0%
17 Hungary73.1%
17 Slovakia73.1%
19 Switzerland72.5%
20 Germany72.0%
21 Thailand71.3%
22 France70.2%
23 Taiwan66.6%
24 Israel65.8%
25 Republic of Korea65.7%
26 Lithuania64.1%
27 Latvia63.4%
28 New Zealand62.7%
29 Belgium60.6%
30 United Kingdom60.2%
31 United States56.6%
32 Australia55.2%
33 Japan 53.4%
34 Czech Republic48.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.916343 X +7.881
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -48119.080232 X +71732.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -13.418541 X +87.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.604006 X +1.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -7.145705 X +16.821
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022