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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide health care for the sick?
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 Hungary99.3%
2 Norway99.2%
2 Spain99.2%
4 Ireland99.1%
5 Latvia98.7%
6 Italy98.6%
6 United States98.6%
8 Russian Federation98.4%
9 Poland97.9%
10 Germany97.4%
11 Bulgaria97.2%
11 New Zealand97.2%
11 Slovenia97.2%
14 Czech Republic96.8%
15 Switzerland96.2%
16 Philippines95.7%
17 Cyprus95.1%
18 Australia94.2%
19 Canada94.1%
20 Israel93.5%
21 Japan 90.2%
22 Syrian Arab Republic90.0%
23 France88.7%
24 Uruguay84.6%

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 = -1.002461 X +7.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 119338.295513 X -71553.023
Correlation coefficient (r)0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.223726 X +83.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.178729 X +4.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.576246 X +16.098
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003