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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile97.5%
2 Russian Federation96.8%
3 Slovenia96.5%
4 Poland94.4%
5 Slovakia94.2%
6 Israel93.9%
7 Portugal92.2%
8 Netherlands91.6%
9 Hungary89.4%
10 Bulgaria88.5%
11 Spain88.1%
12 Germany88.0%
13 Norway87.1%
14 Philippines86.1%
15 Czech Republic85.3%
16 Latvia83.0%
17 Italy82.2%
18 Austria80.0%
19 Japan 75.5%
20 Ireland75.2%
21 Cyprus74.0%
22 United States72.3%
23 Switzerland71.1%
24 France68.9%
25 Syrian Arab Republic66.3%
26 New Zealand61.0%
27 Denmark58.0%
28 Australia55.3%
29 Canada48.0%
30 Uruguay38.0%

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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.147578 X +7.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -55290.953648 X +86395.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -6.408057 X +84.050
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.069554 X +1.615
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.936520 X +12.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019