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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 unemployed?
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 Germany84.1%
2 France 80.9%
3 United States78.7%
4 Italy75.1%
5 Japan73.0%
6 Canada65.5%
7 Australia65.2%

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 = -1.436909 X +7.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -37242.608084 X +78547.375
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.522347 X +94.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.759637 X +0.969
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.684172 X +15.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023