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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One is aged 30, the other 70. In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The 30 years old" "The 70 years old" "Their ages should make no difference"
Data: % of "The 30 years old"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea54.3%
2 Australia51.6%
3 United States50.9%
4 Italy49.0%
5 France 46.1%
6 United Kingdom42.3%
7 Japan40.6%
8 Germany39.7%
9 Sweden39.3%

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 = -2.116782 X +7.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 33605.951600 X +32800.841
Correlation coefficient (r)0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -5.770460 X +84.586
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.043806 X +2.424
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 38.123737 X -6.344
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200