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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One has young children, the other does not have young children. In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The one who has young children" "The one who has no young children" "Having young children should make no difference"
Data: % of "The one who has young children"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea65.1%
2 United States45.7%
3 Italy40.4%
4 Australia35.5%
5 Japan34.6%
6 United Kingdom33.4%
7 France 31.9%
8 Germany30.0%
9 Sweden22.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.275429 X +7.486
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -26931.430312 X +58411.245
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.548188 X +82.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.007093 X +2.242
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 26.591853 X +1.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436