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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to give financial help to university students from low-income families?
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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy94.2%
2 France 94.1%
3 United States90.0%
4 Germany89.4%
5 Australia88.0%
6 Canada85.3%
7 Japan64.0%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.731765 X +5.131
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 44431.264200 X +12347.122
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.433680 X +90.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.969228 X +0.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.038912 X +21.354
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177