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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - The government should provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea81.0%
2 Sweden77.8%
3 Italy70.5%
4 Japan69.7%
5 France 62.4%
5 Germany62.4%
7 United Kingdom53.0%
8 Australia52.3%
9 United States48.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.231539 X +7.418
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -87365.203990 X +104330.865
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.155526 X +72.847
Correlation coefficient (r)0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.730745 X +2.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.221095 X +2.056
Correlation coefficient (r)0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112