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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 Germany88.0%
2 Italy82.2%
3 Japan75.5%
4 United States72.3%
5 France 68.9%
6 Australia55.3%
7 Canada48.0%

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 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.425263 X +7.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -46713.697430 X +83461.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.517476 X +84.263
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.339938 X +1.774
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.523605 X +16.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141