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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?
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 Germany80.2%
2 Italy76.6%
3 United States69.4%
4 France 68.9%
5 Japan62.9%
6 Australia43.8%
7 Canada36.5%

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 = -1.072858 X +7.299
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -32504.012297 X +71100.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.188669 X +85.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.056662 X +1.571
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.952376 X +14.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126