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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the old?
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 United States98.1%
2 Italy98.0%
3 Germany96.8%
4 Australia94.1%
5 France 92.4%
6 Japan90.8%
7 Canada90.1%

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 = 0.393521 X +6.257
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 124989.924274 X -67152.781
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -48.826252 X +127.857
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.298696 X +1.254
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25.084350 X +33.746
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069