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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:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Croatia95.8%
2 Georgia94.1%
3 Philippines92.7%
4 Slovakia92.6%
5 India90.7%
6 Russian Federation88.0%
7 South Africa86.3%
8 Thailand86.2%
9 Venezuela85.9%
10 Hungary85.7%
11 Suriname84.3%
12 Slovenia83.0%
13 Czech Republic82.6%
14 Spain82.4%
15 Chile81.4%
16 Turkiye81.3%
17 Lithuania79.6%
18 Taiwan78.5%
19 Latvia75.5%
20 Belgium74.1%
21 Israel72.8%
22 Norway72.2%
23 Germany64.8%
24 France63.8%
25 Republic of Korea59.6%
26 Finland52.7%
27 Denmark52.6%
28 United Kingdom50.3%
29 Sweden49.0%
30 Japan 45.0%
31 Switzerland44.6%
32 Iceland41.7%
33 New Zealand41.2%
34 Australia38.6%
35 United States36.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.664328 X +8.322
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.623
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.388

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -108413.606334 X +112570.167
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -20.212358 X +92.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.661
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.437

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.650581 X +1.271
Correlation coefficient (r)0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.465577 X +11.777
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000