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Question: Indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. "Adult children have a duty to look after their elderly parents"
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy84.0%
2 France 75.5%
3 United States73.2%
4 Germany69.6%
5 Canada54.9%
6 Japan53.6%
7 United Kingdom45.8%
8 Australia42.4%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.788401 X +7.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17639.710501 X +61090.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.850408 X +84.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.091358 X +1.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.343061 X +13.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065