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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of the help to elderly people?
Choices: "The elderly people themselves or their family" "The government/public funds"
Data: % of "The government/public funds"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland88.1%
2 Sweden86.8%
3 Israel83.3%
4 Denmark82.2%
5 Spain72.7%
6 Finland71.8%
7 Norway71.6%
8 Austria70.9%
9 Republic of Korea70.0%
10 Portugal68.0%
11 Turkiye66.5%
12 Netherlands64.8%
13 Russian Federation64.7%
14 Germany64.1%
15 France63.4%
16 Slovakia62.7%
17 Lithuania62.4%
18 United Kingdom62.3%
19 Taiwan58.3%
20 Australia55.2%
20 Slovenia55.2%
22 Latvia55.0%
23 Chile54.6%
24 Belgium53.3%
25 Japan 53.1%
26 South Africa51.5%
27 Ireland51.1%
28 Venezuela50.5%
29 Czech Republic48.8%
30 Mexico48.7%
31 Poland47.4%
32 United States45.9%
33 Canada43.5%
34 Croatia42.1%
35 Argentina40.5%
36 India40.2%
37 Hungary39.3%
38 Switzerland39.0%
39 Bulgaria37.8%
40 Philippines35.2%
41 China24.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 2.499231 X +5.045
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 67684.706616 X +373.796
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 14.072966 X +70.651
Correlation coefficient (r)0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.256498 X +1.757
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 2.938901 X +8.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008