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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the old?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway99.3%
1 Spain99.3%
3 Iceland99.2%
4 Slovenia98.6%
5 Latvia98.0%
6 Slovakia97.5%
7 Sweden97.3%
8 Finland 97.2%
9 Chile96.6%
10 Hungary96.4%
11 France96.3%
11 New Zealand96.3%
13 Germany96.1%
14 Belgium95.5%
14 Denmark95.5%
16 United Kingdom95.4%
17 Czech Republic94.9%
18 Israel94.7%
19 Australia94.2%
20 Lithuania92.9%
21 Switzerland91.7%
22 Turkiye90.8%
23 United States88.3%
24 Republic of Korea84.0%
25 Japan76.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 4.846414 X +2.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 40217.284053 X +7706.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -8.973409 X +88.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.938413 X -0.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.604468 X +32.322
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073