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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Viet Nam97.7%
2 Croatia93.9%
3 Russian Federation92.6%
4 Philippines92.3%
5 Hungary90.6%
6 South Africa89.8%
7 Poland88.6%
8 Slovenia88.4%
9 Tajikistan88.2%
10 Portugal85.3%
11 Latvia83.1%
12 Spain82.1%
13 Israel80.1%
14 Dominican Republic79.0%
15 Czech Republic78.9%
16 Norway78.7%
17 Chile72.3%
17 Uzbekistan72.3%
19 Republic of Korea70.1%
20 Germany68.3%
21 Ireland64.9%
22 France61.8%
23 Switzerland58.9%
24 Denmark58.8%
25 Finland58.3%
26 Netherlands56.3%
27 United States56.1%
28 Japan 51.8%
29 Syrian Arab Republic50.3%
30 Australia43.1%
31 Uruguay39.6%
32 New Zealand37.4%
33 Canada35.0%

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

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -1.932724 X +7.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -83240.798267 X +97207.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -14.772434 X +88.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.641409 X +1.352
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.814996 X +11.139
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001