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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany64.8%
2 France 63.8%
3 Republic of Korea59.6%
4 United Kingdom50.3%
5 Sweden49.0%
6 Japan45.0%
7 Australia38.6%
8 United States36.3%

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 = -1.040067 X +7.195
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -89386.489532 X +95543.070
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.348572 X +78.592
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.549977 X +1.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.452003 X +13.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007