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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?
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 Russian Federation93.4%
2 Spain90.8%
3 Philippines90.6%
4 Latvia89.7%
5 Poland89.6%
6 Slovenia89.4%
7 Hungary86.9%
8 Israel82.3%
9 Bulgaria80.8%
10 Norway80.7%
11 Germany80.2%
12 Italy76.6%
13 Czech Republic76.3%
14 Cyprus75.7%
15 Ireland69.5%
16 United States69.4%
17 France68.9%
18 Switzerland65.1%
19 Japan 62.9%
20 Syrian Arab Republic55.6%
21 New Zealand55.1%
22 Australia43.8%
23 Uruguay39.4%
24 Canada36.5%

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 = -1.173483 X +7.413
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -57487.022464 X +85295.487
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9.584013 X +85.748
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.091149 X +1.630
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.648403 X +11.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008