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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age?
Choices: "The family itself" "The government/public funds" "The employers"
Data: % of "The government/public funds"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden74.0%
2 Iceland71.6%
3 Slovenia66.7%
4 Germany61.7%
5 Austria59.9%
6 Portugal59.0%
7 Finland57.5%
8 Slovakia56.8%
9 Israel56.4%
10 Republic of Korea55.9%
11 Lithuania52.0%
12 Spain50.4%
13 Czech Republic50.2%
14 Latvia48.9%
15 Taiwan48.5%
16 Norway46.3%
17 Chile45.3%
18 Russian Federation39.9%
19 Denmark39.8%
20 Japan 38.6%
21 France38.4%
21 Poland38.4%
23 Belgium36.7%
24 Ireland35.8%
25 Turkiye34.6%
26 United Kingdom33.6%
27 Mexico33.1%
28 Hungary30.2%
29 Croatia29.6%
30 Canada28.2%
31 Australia28.1%
32 Netherlands28.0%
33 India23.1%
34 Switzerland23.0%
35 Venezuela21.7%
36 South Africa19.3%
37 China18.3%
38 Argentina16.9%
39 United States15.4%
40 Bulgaria15.1%
41 Philippines3.6%

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 = 1.939714 X +5.704
Correlation coefficient (r)0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = 37243.265533 X +22761.575
Correlation coefficient (r)0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 15.735872 X +71.784
Correlation coefficient (r)0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -0.597863 X +1.909
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 5.567681 X +8.284
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036