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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide health care for the sick?
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 United States99.0%
2 Australia98.4%
3 Canada96.2%
4 Germany96.1%
5 France 92.4%
6 Republic of Korea90.6%
7 Japan86.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.779991 X -0.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.889
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.790

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 329454.824257 X -259883.224
Correlation coefficient (r)0.909
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.826

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -38.977406 X +118.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.186813 X -2.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -26.901670 X +37.834
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077