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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden76.4%
2 Germany72.0%
3 France 70.2%
4 Republic of Korea65.7%
5 United Kingdom60.2%
6 United States56.6%
7 Australia55.2%
8 Japan53.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.869434 X +5.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -28485.641743 X +68171.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.928560 X +79.322
Correlation coefficient (r)0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.502605 X +1.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.713965 X +14.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005