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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age?
Choices: "The family itself" "The government/public funds" "The employers"
Data: % of "The government/public funds"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden74.0%
2 Germany61.7%
3 Republic of Korea55.9%
4 Japan38.6%
5 France 38.4%
6 United Kingdom33.6%
7 Canada28.2%
8 Australia28.1%
9 United States15.4%

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 = 0.205297 X +6.606
Correlation coefficient (r)0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -33124.700986 X +64341.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.884656 X +79.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.345510 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.949975 X +10.627
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017