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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 Germany71.0%
2 France 70.2%
2 Republic of Korea70.2%
4 Canada63.1%
5 Australia57.3%
5 United States57.3%
7 Japan56.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.962013 X +7.202
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -118836.082973 X +126157.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5.207852 X +78.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.951147 X +2.078
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.907549 X +11.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001