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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%
5 United Kingdom37.7%
6 France 36.6%
7 Germany35.9%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.324515 X +6.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 75317.243167 X +19198.123
Correlation coefficient (r)0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -9.032509 X +85.313
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.804888 X +1.872
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 21.531596 X +0.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.722
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.521