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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in unemployment benefits? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea44.1%
2 Germany34.4%
3 United States31.1%
4 Sweden24.1%
5 Japan21.6%
6 United Kingdom17.5%
7 Australia15.8%
8 France 11.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.555825 X +7.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16818.445648 X +54233.918
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.881386 X +82.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.145853 X +2.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.720
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.518

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 28.104004 X +5.005
Correlation coefficient (r)0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475