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Question: Indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. "Adult children have a duty to look after their elderly parents"
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Brazil97.2%
2 Russian Federation94.9%
3 Poland91.9%
4 Philippines90.2%
5 Israel89.7%
6 Cyprus88.7%
7 South Africa86.4%
8 Italy84.0%
9 Latvia82.5%
10 Chile80.4%
11 Spain79.5%
12 Slovenia78.3%
13 Czech Republic77.8%
14 Hungary76.2%
15 France75.5%
16 United States73.2%
17 Switzerland73.0%
18 Germany69.6%
19 Finland63.6%
20 Norway59.9%
21 Austria55.2%
22 Canada54.9%
23 Japan 53.6%
24 Denmark49.9%
25 New Zealand47.8%
26 United Kingdom45.8%
27 Australia42.4%

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 211 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.897530 X +7.999
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -92560.407931 X +107979.732
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -19.117506 X +92.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.649875 X +1.192
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.089224 X +10.129
Correlation coefficient (r)0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000