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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in old age pensions? 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 Sweden71.3%
2 Germany69.1%
3 United States61.8%
4 United Kingdom59.0%
5 Australia56.9%
6 Republic of Korea55.1%
7 France51.0%
8 Japan 46.0%

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 = 3.686031 X +4.499
Correlation coefficient (r)0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 86861.567531 X -1029.886
Correlation coefficient (r)0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.675848 X +88.100
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.091399 X +0.872
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -8.666274 X +17.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028