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Question: Thinking about elderly people who need some help in their everyday lives, such as help with grocery shopping, cleaning the house, doing the laundry etc. Who do you think should primarily provide this help?
Choices: "Family members" "Government agencies" "Non-profit organisations (e.g. charitable organisations, churches/religious organisations)" "Private providers of this kind of help"
Data: % of "Private providers of this kind of help"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 23.1%
2 Japan15.0%
3 Canada12.4%
4 United States9.3%
5 Australia7.8%
6 Sweden5.4%
7 Germany5.1%
8 United Kingdom4.6%
9 Republic of Korea4.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.354247 X +6.822
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -35525.738037 X +54006.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.149015 X +81.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.644025 X +1.346
Correlation coefficient (r)0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -13.927646 X +13.195
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044