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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of the help to elderly people?
Choices: "The elderly people themselves or their family" "The government/public funds"
Data: % of "The elderly people themselves or their family"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada56.5%
2 United States54.1%
3 Japan46.9%
4 Australia44.8%
5 United Kingdom37.7%
6 France 36.6%
7 Germany35.9%
8 Republic of Korea30.0%
9 Sweden13.2%

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 = -0.704826 X +6.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 33651.030022 X +37280.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.376477 X +84.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.104639 X +1.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.386131 X +13.586
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019